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S 6176: Requires the district attorney to file information with the accusatory instrument when certain crimes are committed against a female and it is not charged as a hate crime.
What S 6176 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill requires the district attorney to provide reasoning for not charging a defendant with a hate crime when a specified offense is committed against a female victim. This information must be included in the accusatory instrument. The "specified offenses" include various crimes such as assault, stalking, kidnapping, burglary, and robbery. The bill aims to increase transparency and accountability in the prosecution process, particularly in cases where female victims are targeted. The act takes effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6176
- What is the current status of S 6176?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 6176 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO CODES".
- Did S 6176 pass?
- Not yet. S 6176 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6176, and where is it now?
- S 6176 was authored by Sen. Kevin Parker. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Mar. 06, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 6, 2025 · 719 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6176 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes 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 committed against female victims The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new 2 section 100.65 to read as follows: 3 § 100.65 Reporting by the district attorney in certain cases. 4 1. When a specified offense is committed against a female victim, the 5 district attorney shall set forth their reasoning for not charging the 6 defendant with a hate crime prosecutable under section 485.05 of the 7 penal law. 8 2. Information required by subdivision one of this section shall be 9 filed with the accusatory instrument, as defined by section 1.20 of this 10 chapter. 11 3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following 12 provisions of the penal law: section 120.00 (assault in the third 13 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10 14 (assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a 15 person less than eleven years old); section 120.13 (menacing in the 16 first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section 17 120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless endan- 18 germent in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in 19 the first degree); subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in 20 the second degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20 21 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second 22 degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree); section 120.50 23 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55 (stalking in the second EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10610-01-5S. 6176 2 1 degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree); subdivision one 2 of section 130.35 (rape in the first degree); subdivision one of section 3 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 one of section 130.67 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); 5 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 130.70 (aggravated sexual 6 abuse in the first degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the 7 second degree); section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the first 8 degree); section 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section 9 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the 10 third degree); section 135.65 (coercion in the first degree); section 11 140.10 (criminal trespass in the third degree); section 140.15 (criminal 12 trespass in the second degree); section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the 13 first degree); section 140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section 14 140.25 (burglary in the second degree); section 140.30 (burglary in the 15 first degree); section 145.00 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree); 16 section 145.05 (criminal mischief in the third degree); section 145.10 17 (criminal mischief in the second degree); section 145.12 (criminal 18 mischief in the first degree); section 150.05 (arson in the fourth 19 degree); section 150.10 (arson in the third degree); section 150.15 20 (arson in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in the first 21 degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand larceny 22 in the fourth degree); section 155.35 (grand larceny in the third 23 degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the second degree); section 24 155.42 (grand larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in 25 the third degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second degree); 26 section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 240.25 (harassment 27 in the first degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 240.30 28 (aggravated harassment in the second degree); or any attempt or conspir- 29 acy to commit any of the foregoing offenses. 30 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 31 have become a law.
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