Bill Text: NY S02625 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands the crimes included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand larceny and coercion, for purposes of assistance to victims thereof.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-08 - SIGNED CHAP.153 [S02625 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02625-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2625
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  expanding  the
          crimes  included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand
          larceny and coercion
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 459-a of the social services law,
     2  as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  "Victim  of  domestic  violence"  means any person over the age of
     5  sixteen, any married person or any parent  accompanied  by  his  or  her
     6  minor  child  or  children  in  situations  in which such person or such
     7  person's child is a victim of an act which would constitute a  violation
     8  of the penal law, including, but not limited to acts constituting disor-
     9  derly  conduct,  harassment,  aggravated  harassment, sexual misconduct,
    10  forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking, criminal mischief,  menacing,
    11  reckless endangerment, kidnapping, assault, attempted assault, attempted
    12  murder,  criminal  obstruction  of  breathing or blood circulation, [or]
    13  strangulation, identity theft, grand larceny or coercion; and
    14    (i) such act or acts have resulted in  actual  physical  or  emotional
    15  injury  or have created a substantial risk of physical or emotional harm
    16  to such person or such person's child; and
    17    (ii) such act or acts are or are alleged to have been committed  by  a
    18  family or household member.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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