BILL NUMBER: S6176
SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to filing infor-
mation with the accusatory instrument where the district attorney does
not charge a person with a hate crime when certain offenses are commit-
ted against female victims
 
PURPOSE:
This bill requires the whenAttorney to file information with the accusa-
tory instrument when certain crimes are committed against a woman and
are not charged as a hate crime.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new section
100.60
Section 2: This act shall take effect on the 90th after it shall become
law.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Recently there has been an increasing wave of brutal attacks on women in
New York. Nationally, there are about 1.3 million women who fall victim
to physical assault at the hands of intimate partners each year, accord-
ing to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Hate crimes,
which occurs when victims are targeted for reasons such as their race,
gender, religion, or nationality, give rise to harsher sentences than
the same crimes committed for different reasons. We must ensure those
who commit these horrendous acts of crime are punished to the fullest
extent of the law.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: S7270- Referred to Codes
2021-22: S2932 - Referred to Codes
2019-20: Referred to Codes
2017-18: S.2855 - Referred to Codes
2015-16: S.2892 - Referred to Codes
2013-14: S.3204 - Referred to Codes
2011-12: S.3436/A.3589 - Referred to Codes
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.