New York S 534: Establishes the crime of aggravated disorderly conduct

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S00534 Summary:

BILL NOS00534 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11086

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SPONSORMARTINS

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, GRIFFO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §240.20-a, amd §485.05, Pen L; amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L

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Establishes the crime of aggravated disorderly conduct; designates such crime as a specified offense for the purposes of hate crimes.

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BILL NOS00534 

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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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 534

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MARTINS, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GRIFFO, MATTERA,
 OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to establishing the crime of aggravated disorderly conduct

 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 240.20-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 240.20-a Aggravated disorderly conduct.
 4 A person is guilty of aggravated disorderly conduct when, with intent
 5 to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creat-
 6 ing a risk thereof the person obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic
 7 or prevents the public from entering or exiting buildings during an
 8 unpermitted or unlawful protest, demonstration, or assembly.
 9 Aggravated disorderly conduct is a class A misdemeanor.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by
 11 section 2 of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 12 read as follows:
 13 3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 14 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third
 15 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.06
 16 (gang assault in the second degree); section 120.07 (gang assault in the
 17 first degree); section 120.10 (assault in the first degree); section
 18 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old);
 19 section 120.13 (menacing in the first degree); section 120.14 (menacing
 20 in the second degree); section 120.15 (menacing in the third degree);
 21 section 120.20 (reckless endangerment in the second degree); section
 22 120.25 (reckless endangerment in the first degree); section 121.11
 23 (criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation); section 121.12

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01754-01-5

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 1 (strangulation in the second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in
 2 the first degree); subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in
 3 the second degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20
 4 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second
 5 degree); section 125.26 (aggravated murder); section 125.27 (murder in
 6 the first degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree);
 7 section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55 (stalking
 8 in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree);
 9 section 130.20 (sexual misconduct); section 130.25 (rape in the third
 10 degree); section 130.30 (rape in the second degree); section 130.35
 11 (rape in the first degree); former section 130.40; former section
 12 130.45; former section 130.50; section 130.52 (forcible touching);
 13 section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse
 14 in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second
 15 degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); section
 16 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree); section 130.66
 17 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.67 (aggra-
 18 vated sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.70 (aggravated
 19 sexual abuse