Senate Bill S1786

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enhances criminal penalties for criminal mischief and larceny offenses committed at a place of religious worship

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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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:
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) - Summary

Enhances criminal penalties for criminal mischief and larceny offenses committed at a place of religious worship and for cemetery desecration.

2017-S1786 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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