A2159 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Increases the sentencing classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses or of an attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense that is a misdemeanor to a class E felony.
- Title
- Increases the classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses to a felony
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Codes
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Law section
- Penal Law
Sponsors
- Simcha Eichenstein Assembly Member, District 48
Co-sponsors
- Rebecca A. Seawright Assembly Member, District 76
Heard in committee
- Codes NY State Assembly committee