New York A 2346: Includes aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree as specified offenses for purposes of hate crimes

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A02346 Summary:

BILL NOA02346 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00035

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SPONSOREichenstein

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Amd §485.05, Pen L

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Includes aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree as specified offenses for purposes of hate crimes.

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BILL NOA02346 

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01/16/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2346

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including aggravated ceme-
 tery desecration in the second degree and aggravated cemetery dese-
 cration in the first degree as specified offenses for purposes of hate
 crimes

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 5 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third
 6 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.06
 7 (gang assault in the second degree); section 120.07 (gang assault in the
 8 first degree); section 120.10 (assault in the first degree); section
 9 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old);
 10 section 120.13 (menacing in the first degree); section 120.14 (menacing
 11 in the second degree); section 120.15 (menacing in the third degree);
 12 section 120.20 (reckless endangerment in the second degree); section
 13 120.25 (reckless endangerment in the first degree); section 121.11
 14 (criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation); section 121.12
 15 (strangulation in the second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in
 16 the first degree); subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in
 17 the second degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20
 18 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second
 19 degree); section 125.26 (aggravated murder); section 125.27 (murder in
 20 the first degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree);
 21 section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55 (stalking
 22 in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree);
 23 section 130.20 (sexual misconduct); section 130.25 (rape in the third
 24 degree); section 130.30 (rape in the second degree); section 130.35
 25 (rape in the first degree); former section 130.40; former section
 26 130.45; former section 130.50; section 130.52 (forcible touching);

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00184-01-5

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 1 section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse
 2 in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second
 3 degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); section
 4 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree); section 130.66
 5 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.67 (aggra-
 6 vated sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.70 (aggravated
 7 sexual abuse in the first degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment
 8 in the second degree); section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the
 9 first degree); section 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section
 10 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the
 11 third degree); section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section
 12 135.65 (coercion in the first degree); section 140.10 (criminal trespass
 13 in the third degree); section 140.15 (criminal trespass in the second
 14 degree); section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the first degree); section
 15 140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary in the
 16 second degree); section 140.30 (burglary in the