STATE OF NEW YORK
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7301
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 9, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 desecration of property
commemorating a historical figure
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 145.75 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 145.75 Desecration of property commemorating a historical figure.
4 A person is guilty of desecration of property commemorating a histor-
5 ical figure when with intent to damage property of another person, and
6 having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that they
7 have such right, such person:
8 (a) damages any real or personal property, including but not limited
9 to any commemorative monument, marker or street sign, relating to any
10 person, living or dead, who has historical or cultural significance; or
11 (b) with intent to steal personal property, such person steals
12 personal property, including but not limited to any commemorative monu-
13 ment, marker or street sign, relating to any person, living or dead, who
14 has historical or cultural significance.
15 Desecration of property commemorating a historical figure is a class C
16 felony.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
18 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.
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