New York A02159 increases the sentencing classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses to a class E felony.
New York A02159 amends the penal law to increase the sentencing classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses or of an attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense that is a misdemeanor to a class E felony. This change applies when a person is convicted of a hate crime and the specified offense is a misdemeanor or an attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense that is a misdemeanor. The act will take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it becomes law.
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