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A00717 Summary:

BILL NOA00717 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORButtenschon

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§150.05 & 150.10, Pen L

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Establishes that a person is guilty of arson when such person damages a building or motor vehicle by fire or explosion in the course of the commission or attempted commission of a felony.

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BILL NOA00717 

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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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 717

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the causation of a fire or
 explosion during the course of committing or attempting to commit a
 controlled substance felony

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

 1 Section 1. Section 150.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 225
 2 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 150.05 Arson in the fourth degree.
 4 1. A person is guilty of arson in the fourth degree when [he] such
 5 person:
 6 (a) recklessly damages a building or motor vehicle by intentionally
 7 starting a fire or causing an explosion[.]; or
 8 (b) damages a building or motor vehicle by fire or by explosion in the
 9 course of the commission or attempted commission of a felony as defined
 10 in article two hundred twenty of this chapter.
 11 2. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense
 12 that no person other than the defendant had a possessory or proprietary
 13 interest in the building or motor vehicle.
 14 Arson in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
 15 § 2. Section 150.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 225 of the
 16 laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
 17 § 150.10 Arson in the third degree.
 18 1. A person is guilty of arson in the third degree when [he] such
 19 person:
 20 (a) intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle by starting a
 21 fire or causing an explosion[.]; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02295-01-5

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 1 (b) recklessly damages a building or motor vehicle by fire or by
 2 explosion in the course of the commission or attempted commission of a
 3 felony as defined in article two hundred twenty of this chapter.
 4 2. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense
 5 that (a) no person other than the defendant had a possessory or proprie-
 6 tary interest in the building or motor vehicle, or if other persons had
 7 such interests, all of them consented to the defendant's conduct, and
 8 (b) the defendant's sole intent was to destroy or damage the building or
 9 motor vehicle for a lawful and proper purpose, and (c) the defendant had
 10 no reasonable ground to believe that [his] such defendant's conduct
 11 might endanger the life or safety of another person or damage another
 12 building or motor vehicle.
 13 Arson in the third degree is a class C felony.
 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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