Assembly Bill A2083

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting "Todd's Law"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A2083 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §155.46, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3488
2021-2022: A4701
2023-2024: A5402

2025-A2083 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sentencing and larceny of property of the elderly or disabled.

2025-A2083 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2083
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SMITH, DeSTEFANO, CHANG, NOVAKHOV, BARCLAY, MANK-
   TELOW, MIKULIN, MORINELLO, CRUZ, MILLER, McDONOUGH, BRABENEC, TAGUE --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Todd's Law"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Todd's Law".
   §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 155.46 to read
 as follows:
 § 155.46 SENTENCING; PROPERTY OF THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED.
   WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF PETIT LARCENY OR GRAND LARCENY  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  ARTICLE, AND THE PROPERTY STOLEN IS NECESSARY FOR THE PERFORM-
 ANCE OF ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING BY AN INCOMPETENT OR PHYSICALLY DISA-
 BLED PERSON OR A VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON AS DEFINED IN SECTION  260.31
 OF THIS PART, AND THE SPECIFIED OFFENSE IS A MISDEMEANOR OR A CLASS C, D
 OR  E  FELONY,  THE CRIME SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE ONE CATEGORY HIGHER THAN
 THE SPECIFIED OFFENSE THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED, OR  ONE  CATEGORY  HIGHER
 THAN  THE  OFFENSE LEVEL APPLICABLE TO THE DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION FOR AN
 ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A SPECIFIED OFFENSE, WHICHEVER IS APPLI-
 CABLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00427-01-5

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