Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 08, 2017 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 07, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.401 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 10, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1786
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) 22nd Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S1786 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1334
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Pen L, generally
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S6338, A9288
2013-2014: S2368, A3514
2015-2016: S1104, A6074, A248, A10388
2019-2020: S502, A3550
2021-2022: S394, A701
2023-2024: A1215
2017-S1786 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1786 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal mischief and larceny offenses committed at a place of religious worship and to cemetery desecration PURPOSE : The purpose of this bill is two-fold. First, to enhance the criminal penalties for damaging property in any house of worship and to heighten the criminal penalties for stealing or damaging religious objects from within a house of worship or its curtilage. Second, to add a heightened criminal penalty for desecrating a cemetery with the intent to steal property within such cemetery or incur damage of property that is valued over $2,000. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Adds a new Penal Law section 145.05(3) that relates to criminal mischief in the 3rd Degree. This provision makes it the crime of criminal mischief in the 3rd degree if anyone damages any property, regardless of its nature or value, in any building, structure, or upon the curtilage of such building that is used as a place of religious worship. This type of criminal mischief is a class E felony. Under
2017-S1786 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1786 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, ADDABBO, DIAZ, FELDER, GOLDEN, KAMINSKY, LARKIN, MARCELLINO, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal mischief and larceny offenses committed at a place of religious worship and to cemetery desecration THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 145.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 276 of the laws of 2003, is amended and a new subdi- vision 3 is added to read as follows: 2. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars[.]; OR 3. DAMAGES PROPERTY WHICH, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE OR VALUE, IS IN ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR UPON THE CURTILAGE OF SUCH BUILDING OR STRUC- TURE USED AS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BY A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION, AS INCORPORATED UNDER THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW OR THE EDUCATION LAW. § 2. Section 145.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 961 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: § 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he OR SHE has such right, he OR SHE: 1. damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thou- sand five hundred dollars[.]; OR 2. DAMAGES PROPERTY WHICH CONSISTS OF A SCROLL, A RELIGIOUS VESTMENT, A VESSEL, AN ITEM COMPRISING A DISPLAY OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS WHICH FORMS A REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSION OF FAITH OR ANY OTHER ITEM KEPT OR USED IN CONNECTION WITH RELIGIOUS WORSHIP IN ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR UPON THE CURTILAGE OF SUCH BUILDING OR STRUCTURE USED AS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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