New York A 10785: Relates to establishing a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals

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A10785 Summary:

BILL NOA10785 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORNorber

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COSPNSRChang, Brook-Krasny, Novakhov

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§240.00 & 240.21, add §240.22, Pen L

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Designates the crime of disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service as disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service in the second degree and adds the crime of disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service in the first degree as a class E felony.

Go to top A10785 Actions:

BILL NOA10785 

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04/01/2026referred to codes

05/13/2026held for consideration in codes

Go to topA10785 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/13/2026AYE/NAY:14/4 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

GlickAyeReillyExcused

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelExcused

CruzAye

BoresAbsent

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA10785 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10785 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10785

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. NORBER, CHANG, BROOK-KRASNY, NOVAKHOV -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crimes of disruption
 or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial
 service in the first and second degrees

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

 1 Section 1. Section 240.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 3 8. "Place of religious worship" means any building, structure, or
 4 portion thereof, that is regularly used by a religious corporation, as
 5 incorporated under the religious corporations law or the education law,
 6 for purposes of conducting religious services, ceremonies, or other
 7 forms of religious observance or prayer.
 8 § 2. Section 240.21 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 566 of the
 9 laws of 2008, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 528 of the
 10 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 11 § 240.21 Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral,
 12 burial or memorial service in the second degree.
 13 A person is guilty of disruption or disturbance of a religious
 14 service, funeral, burial or memorial service in the second degree when
 15 [he or she] such person makes unreasonable noise or disturbance while at
 16 a lawfully assembled religious service, funeral, burial or memorial
 17 service, or within [three] five hundred feet thereof, with intent to
 18 cause annoyance or alarm or recklessly creating a risk thereof.
 19 Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or
 20 memorial service in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 21 § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.22 to read
 22 as follows:
 23 § 240.22 Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral,
 24 burial or memorial service in the first degree.
 25 A person is guilty of disruption or disturbance of a religious
 26 service, funeral, burial or memorial service in the first degree when
 27 such person makes unreasonable noise or disturbance while at a lawfully

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15275-01-6

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 1 assembled religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service, or
 2 within five hundred feet thereof, with intent to cause annoyance or
 3 alarm or recklessly creating a risk thereof, and
 4 1. Interferes with access to a place of religious worship thereby
 5 preventing another person from exercising the right of religious freedom
 6 therein; or
 7 2. Is part of a group or groups of two or more people demonstrating or
 8 preparing to demonstrate outside of a place of religious worship,
 9 including its parking lot entrances, driveways, driveway entrances, and
 10 any other public way that comes in contact with such facilities.
 11 Disruption or disturbance of a reli