BILL NUMBER: S7301
SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to desecration of property
commemorating a historical figure
 
PURPOSE:
This legislation establishes the crime of desecration of property
commemorating a historical figure to be a class C felony.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Adds a new section to the penal establishing the crime of
desecration of property commemorating a historical figure to be a class
C felony.
Section 2. Establishes the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Desecrating of property commemorating a historical figure is already
against the law and destroys our history. This bill would help to deter
such crimes by making the penalty for such desecration of property
commemorating a historical figure a class C felony.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: S.6578/A.6532 Referred to Codes
2021-22: S.5721/A.4020 Referred to Codes
2019-20: S.3990/A.4976 Referred to Codes
2017-18: S.7567/A.8799 Referred to Codes
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.