Senate Bill S283

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes and makes graffiti a hate crime

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  • 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-S283 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5933

2025-S283 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes; designates making graffiti as a specified offense.

2025-S283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    283
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RHOADS,  BORRELLO,  OBERACKER  --  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 designating offenses
   against law enforcement officers as hate crimes and makes  graffiti  a
   hate crime
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 and  subdivision  2
 of  section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws
 of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) intentionally selects the  person  against  whom  the  offense  is
 committed  or  intended  to be committed in whole or in substantial part
 because of a  belief  or  perception  regarding  (I)  the  race,  color,
 national  origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, reli-
 gion, religious practice, age, disability or  sexual  orientation  of  a
 person  OR  (II)  BECAUSE  OF  ACTUAL  OR  PERCEIVED EMPLOYMENT AS A LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, regardless of whether the belief or  perception  is
 correct, or
   (b)  intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense in
 whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding
 (I) the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender  identity
 or  expression,  religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual
 orientation of a person OR (II) BECAUSE OF ACTUAL OR  PERCEIVED  EMPLOY-
 MENT  AS  A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, regardless of whether the belief or
 perception is correct.
   2. Proof of race, color, national  origin,  ancestry,  gender,  gender
 identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability or
 sexual  orientation  OR  EMPLOYMENT  AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER of the
 defendant, the victim or of both the defendant and the victim does  not,

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

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