STATE OF NEW YORK
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2738
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including removal or
threat of removal of religious clothing as aggravated harassment in
the second degree
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 240.30 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 188 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,
5 he or she strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects another person
6 to physical contact, including removing a religious clothing article or
7 headdress from such person, or attempts or threatens to do the same
8 because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color,
9 national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age,
10 disability or sexual orientation, regardless of whether the belief or
11 perception is correct; or
12 § 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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