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S01943 Summary:

BILL NOS01943 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWEBER

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, MARTINS, MATTERA, OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO, RHOADS,
 ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§485.05 & 485.10, Pen L

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Expands the criteria for a hate crime to include trespass committed at a house of worship.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1943

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. WEBER, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK,
 MARTINS, MATTERA, OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON -- 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 expanding the criteria for
 a hate crime

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. A person commits a hate crime when [he or she] such person:
 4 (a) commits a specified offense and either:
 5 [(a)] (i) intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is
 6 committed or intended to be committed in whole or in substantial part
 7 because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national
 8 origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, reli-
 9 gious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person,
 10 regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, or
 11 [(b)] (ii) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the
 12 offense in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or percep-
 13 tion regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender,
 14 gender identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disa-
 15 bility or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether the
 16 belief or perception is correct; or
 17 (b) commits a specified offense or a violation of section 140.05 of
 18 this chapter in or on the grounds of a church, synagogue, mosque or
 19 other house of worship.
 20 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 485.10 of the penal law, as added by
 21 chapter 107 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 22 2. When a person is convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this article
 23 and the specified offense is a violation, a misdemeanor or a class C, D

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03472-01-5

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 1 or E felony, the hate crime shall be deemed to be one category higher
 2 than the specified offense the defendant committed, or one category
 3 higher than the offense level applicable to the defendant's conviction
 4 for an attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense, whichever is
 5 applicable.
 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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