Senate Bill S7271

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding criminal mischief in the third degree to include damaging property of another as an expression of political ideology

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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-S7271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7865
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §145.05, Pen L

2025-S7271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when such person intentionally damages property of another person to promote or suppress a political ideology, or otherwise as an expression of political ideology.

2025-S7271 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7271
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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 criminal mischief  in  the
   third degree
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph and subdivision 2 of  section  145.05
 of  the  penal  law,  as amended by chapter 276 of the laws of 2003, are
 amended and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when, with
 intent to damage property of another person, and having no right  to  do
 so  nor  any reasonable ground to believe that [he or she has] THEY HAVE
 such right, [he or she] SUCH PERSON:
   2. damages property of another  person  in  an  amount  exceeding  two
 hundred fifty dollars[.]; OR
   3.  DAMAGES  PROPERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON TO PROMOTE OR SUPPRESS A POLI-
 TICAL IDEOLOGY, OR OTHERWISE AS AN EXPRESSION OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11557-02-5

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