A 3783: Includes bias-related graffiti in hate crimes.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3783 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DAVILA, DINOWITZ, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to bias-related graffiti 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07213-01-5 
 A. 3783 2 1 130.45; former section 130.50; section 130.52 (forcible touching); 2 section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse 3 in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second 4 degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); section 5 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree); section 130.66 6 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.67 (aggra- 7 vated sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.70 (aggravated 8 sexual abuse in the first degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment 9 in the second degree); section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the 10 first degree); section 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section 11 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the 12 third degree); section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section 13 135.65 (coercion in the first degree); section 140.10 (criminal trespass 14 in the third degree); section 140.15 (criminal trespass in the second 15 degree); section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the first degree); section 16 140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25 (burglary in the 17 second degree); section 140.30 (burglary in the first degree); section 18 145.00 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree); section 145.05 (crimi- 19 nal mischief in the third degree); section 145.10 (criminal mischief in 20 the second degree); section 145.12 (criminal mischief in the first 21 degree); section 145.60 (making graffiti); section 150.05 (arson in the 22 fourth degree); section 150.10 (arson in the third degree); section 23 150.15 (arson in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in the first 24 degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand larceny 25 in the fourth degree); section 155.35 (grand larceny in the third 26 degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the second degree); section 27 155.42 (grand larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in 28 the third degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second degree); 29 section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 230.34 (sex traf- 30 ficking); section 230.34-a (sex trafficking of a child); section 240.25 31 (harassment in the first degree); subdivision one, two or four of 32 section 240.30 (aggravated harassment in the second degree); section 33 240.50 (falsely reporting an incident in the third degree); section 34 240.55 (falsely reporting an incident in the second degree); section 35 240.60 (falsely reporting an incident in the first degree); subdivision 36 one of section 265.03 (criminal possession of a weapon in the second 37 degree); subdivision one of section 265.04 (criminal possession of a 38 weapon in the first degree); section 490.10 (soliciting or providing 39 support for an act of terrorism in the second degree); section 490.15 40 (soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first 41 degree); section 490.20 (making a terroristic threat); section 490.25 42 (crime of terrorism); section 490.30 (hindering prosecution of terrorism 43 in the second degree); section 490.35 (hindering prosecution of terror- 44 ism in the first degree); section 490.37 (criminal possession of a chem- 45 ical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree); section 490.40 46 (criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the 47 second degree); section 490.45 (criminal possession of a chemical weapon 48 or biological weapon in the first degree); section 490.47 (criminal use 49 of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree); section 50 490.50 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the 51 second degree); section 490.55 (criminal use of a chemical weapon or 52 biological weapon in the first degree); or any attempt or conspiracy to 53 commit any of the foregoing offenses. 54 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 55 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.