New York S 1252: Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a hate crime when certain crimes are committed on, in or upon a house of worship

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S01252 Summary:

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Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a hate crime when certain crimes are committed on, in or upon a house of worship.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1252

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 a rebuttable
 presumption of a hate crime when certain crimes are committed on, in
 or upon a house of worship

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

 1 Section 1. Section 485.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. Any crime committed as defined in subdivision three of this
 4 section that occurs on, in or upon a house of worship creates a rebutta-
 5 ble presumption that it is a hate crime.
 6 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 485.05 of the penal
 7 law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new
 8 paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
 9 (c) the term "gender identity or expression" means a person's actual
 10 or perceived gender-related identity, appearance, behavior, expression,
 11 or other gender-related characteristic regardless of the sex assigned to
 12 that person at birth, including, but not limited to, the status of being
 13 transgender[.];
 14 (d) "House of worship" shall mean any structure or site used primarily
 15 as a place of worship on a permanent basis by a recognized and estab-
 16 lished religious sect or denomination provided, however, that this defi-
 17 nition shall not include any religious site or structure used as a:
 18 school, college, hospital or other similar structure or site that is not
 19 used primarily for religious worship.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03205-01-5

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