New York S 259: Establishes the crimes of criminal trespass on a school bus, school grounds or children's camp

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S00259 Summary:

BILL NOS00259 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06050

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§140.09, 140.18 & 140.19, Pen L; amd §375, V & T L; amd §3650, Ed L

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Establishes the crimes of criminal trespass on a school bus, school grounds or children's camp; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation, to promulgate rules and regulations for certain signage on school buses; relates to professional development school bus driver safety training seminars statewide.

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BILL NOS00259 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

05/05/20251ST REPORT CAL.913

05/06/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 259

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 establishing the crimes of
 criminal trespass on school grounds or children's camp and criminal
 trespass on a school bus in the first and second degrees; to amend the
 vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certain signage on school
 buses; and to amend the education law, in relation to professional
 development school bus driver safety training seminars

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 140.09 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 140.09 Criminal trespass on school grounds or children's camp.
 4 A person is guilty of criminal trespass on school grounds or chil-
 5 dren's camp when he or she commits the crime of criminal trespass in the
 6 first degree pursuant to section 140.17 of this article and such build-
 7 ing or grounds is utilized as an elementary or secondary school or a
 8 children's overnight camp or a summer day camp as defined in section
 9 thirteen hundred ninety-two of the public health law in violation of
 10 conspicuously posted rules or regulations governing entry and use there-
 11 of.
 12 Criminal trespass on school grounds or children's camp is a class C
 13 felony.
 14 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 140.18 to read
 15 as follows:
 16 § 140.18 Criminal trespass on a school bus in the second degree.
 17 1. A person is guilty of criminal trespass on a school bus in the
 18 second degree when he or she:
 19 (a) Willfully demolishes, destroys, defaces, injures, burns, or
 20 damages any public school bus.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01169-01-5

 S. 259 2

 1 (b) Enters a public school bus while the door is open to load or
 2 unload students, while at a railroad grade crossing, or after being
 3 forbidden from doing so by the authorized school bus driver in charge of
 4 the bus, or upon demand of a principal of a school to which the bus is
 5 assigned or other duly authorized school system official.
 6 (c) As an occupant of a public school bus, refuses to leave the bus on
 7 demand of the authorized school bus driver in charge of the bus, or upon
 8 demand of a principal of a school to which the bus is assigned or other
 9 duly authorized school system official.
 10 (d) Willfully stops, impedes, delays, or detains any public school bus
 11 being operated for public school purposes.
 12 2. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subdivision one of this section
 13 shall not apply to a child who is less than sixteen years of age or to
 14 authorized school personnel who are boarding the school bus as part of
 15 their job assignment.
 16 Criminal trespass on a school bus in the second degree is a class A
 17 misdemeanor.
 18 § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 140.19 to read
 19 as follows:
 20 § 140.19 Criminal trespass on a school bus in the first degree.
 21 A person is guilty of criminal trespass on