STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9297 IN SENATE May 10, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 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 1 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); section 130.40 (criminal sexual act in the 26 third degree); section 130.45 (criminal sexual act in the second EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15522-01-4
S. 9297 2 1 degree); section 130.50 (criminal sexual act in the first degree); 2 section 130.52 (forcible touching); section 130.53 (persistent sexual 3 abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse in the third degree); section 4 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse 5 in the first degree); section 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the 6 fourth degree); section 130.66 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third 7 degree); section 130.67 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); 8 section 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree); section 9 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the second degree); section 135.10 10 (unlawful imprisonment in the first degree); section 135.20 (kidnapping 11 in the second degree); section 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree); 12 section 135.60 (coercion in the third degree); section 135.61 (coercion 13 in the second degree); section 135.65 (coercion in the first degree); 14 section 140.10 (criminal trespass in the third degree); section 140.15 15 (criminal trespass in the second degree); section 140.17 (criminal tres- 16 pass in the first degree); section 140.20 (burglary in the third 17 degree); section 140.25 (burglary in the second degree); section 140.30 18 (burglary in the first degree); section 145.00 (criminal mischief in the 19 fourth degree); section 145.05 (criminal mischief in the third degree); 20 section 145.10 (criminal mischief in the second degree); section 145.12 21 (criminal mischief in the first degree); section 145.26 (aggravated 22 cemetery desecration in the second degree); section 145.27 (aggravated 23 cemetery desecration in the first degree); section 150.05 (arson in the 24 fourth degree); section 150.10 (arson in the third degree); section 25 150.15 (arson in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in the first 26 degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand larceny 27 in the fourth degree); section 155.35 (grand larceny in the third 28 degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the second degree); section 29 155.42 (grand larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in 30 the third degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second degree); 31 section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 230.34 (sex traf- 32 ficking); section 230.34-a (sex trafficking of a child); section 240.25 33 (harassment in the first degree); subdivision one, two or four of 34 section 240.30 (aggravated harassment in the second degree); section 35 240.50 (falsely reporting an incident in the third degree); section 36 240.55 (falsely reporting an incident in the second degree); section 37 240.60 (falsely reporting an incident in the first degree); subdivision 38 one of section 265.03 (criminal possession of a weapon in the second 39 degree); subdivision one of section 265.04 (criminal possession of a 40 weapon in the first degree); section 490.10 (soliciting or providing 41 support for an act of terrorism in the second degree); section 490.15 42 (soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first 43 degree); section 490.20 (making a terroristic threat); section 490.25 44 (crime of terrorism); section 490.30 (hindering prosecution of terrorism 45 in the second degree); section 490.35 (hindering prosecution of terror- 46 ism in the first degree); section 490.37 (criminal possession of a chem- 47 ical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree); section 490.40 48 (criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the 49 second degree); section 490.45 (criminal possession of a chemical weapon 50 or biological weapon in the first degree); section 490.47 (criminal use 51 of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree); section 52 490.50 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the 53 second degree); section 490.55 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or 54 biological weapon in the first degree); or any attempt or conspiracy to 55 commit any of the foregoing offenses.
S. 9297 3 1 § 1-a. Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by 2 section 2 of part C of chapter 55 the laws of 2024, is amended to read 3 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); 27 section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse 28 in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second 29 degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); section 30 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree); section 130.66 31 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.67 (aggra- 32 vated sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.70 (aggravated 33 sexual abuse in the first degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment 34 in the second degree); section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the 35 first degree); section 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section 36 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the 37 third degree); section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section 38 135.65 (coercion in the first degree); section 140.10 (criminal trespass 39 in the third degree); section 140.15 (criminal trespass in the second 40 degree); section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the first degree); section 41 140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary in the 42 second degree); section 140.30 (burglary in the first degree); section 43 145.00 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree); section 145.05 (crimi- 44 nal mischief in the third degree); section 145.10 (criminal mischief in 45 the second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the first 46 degree); section 145.26 (aggravated cemetery desecration in the second 47 degree); section 145.27 (aggravated cemetery desecration in the first 48 degree); section 150.05 (arson in the fourth degree); section 150.10 49 (arson in the third degree); section 150.15 (arson in the second 50 degree); section 150.20 (arson in the first degree); section 155.25 51 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand larceny in the fourth degree); 52 section 155.35 (grand larceny in the third degree); section 155.40 53 (grand larceny in the second degree); section 155.42 (grand larceny in 54 the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in the third degree); section 55 160.10 (robbery in the second degree); section 160.15 (robbery in the 56 first degree); section 230.34 (sex trafficking); section 230.34-a (sex
S. 9297 4 1 trafficking of a child); section 240.25 (harassment in the first 2 degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 240.30 (aggravated 3 harassment in the second degree); section 240.50 (falsely reporting an 4 incident in the third degree); section 240.55 (falsely reporting an 5 incident in the second degree); section 240.60 (falsely reporting an 6 incident in the first degree); subdivision one of section 265.03 (crimi- 7 nal possession of a weapon in the second degree); subdivision one of 8 section 265.04 (criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree); 9 section 490.10 (soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism 10 in the second degree); section 490.15 (soliciting or providing support 11 for an act of terrorism in the first degree); section 490.20 (making a 12 terroristic threat); section 490.25 (crime of terrorism); section 490.30 13 (hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree); section 14 490.35 (hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree); section 15 490.37 (criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in 16 the third degree); section 490.40 (criminal possession of a chemical 17 weapon or biological weapon in the second degree); section 490.45 (crim- 18 inal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first 19 degree); section 490.47 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological 20 weapon in the third degree); section 490.50 (criminal use of a chemical 21 weapon or biological weapon in the second degree); section 490.55 (crim- 22 inal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree); 23 or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, if 25 section 1 of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024 shall not have 26 taken effect on or before such date then section one of this act shall 27 take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such section, 28 takes effect; provided, further, that provisions of section one-a of 29 this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as 30 section 2 of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, takes effect.