assembly Bill A701

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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Jan 05, 2022 referred to codes
Jan 06, 2021 referred to codes

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A701 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S394
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pen L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9288, S6338
2013-2014: A3514, S2368
2015-2016: A6074, A248, A10388, S1104
2017-2018: A1334, S1786
2019-2020: A3550, S502
2023-2024: A1215

A701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

A701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    701
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROZIC, VANEL, ZEBROWSKI, ENGLEBRIGHT, HYNDMAN,
   COOK, GLICK, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, COLTON, LAVINE, GALEF,  NIOU,  ABBATE,
   CARROLL,   GRIFFIN,  EICHENSTEIN,  D. ROSENTHAL,  DICKENS,  SEAWRIGHT,
   THIELE, WILLIAMS, FALL, CRUZ, SAYEGH, JACOBSON, STIRPE,  REYES,  McDO-
   NOUGH,  DiPIETRO, J. M. GIGLIO, MONTESANO, B. MILLER, MORINELLO, SMUL-
   LEN, DeSTEFANO, WALCZYK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  DE LA ROSA,
   FRONTUS,  M. MILLER,  NOLAN,  SIMON  --  read once and referred 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,
 OR USED AS A MUSEUM WHOSE CENTRAL PURPOSE IS RELIGIOUS IN NATURE.
   § 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:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets