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A2116 • 2025

Relates to the theft of a package intentionally taken from the residence of another following delivery by the postal service or a commercial carrier

Relates to the theft of a package intentionally taken from the residence of another following delivery by the postal service or a commercial carrier

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Sponsor
Doug Smith
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to the theft of a package intentionally taken from the residence of another following delivery by the postal service or a commercial carrier

Relates to the theft of a package intentionally taken from the residence of another following delivery by the postal service or a commercial carrier Makes the theft of a package intentionally taken from a porch, driveway, doorway or other area adjacent to the residence of another following delivery of the package to such residence by the postal service or a commercial carrier a felony.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the theft of a package intentionally taken from the residence of another following delivery by the postal service or a commercial carrier Makes the theft of a package intentionally taken from a porch, driveway, doorway or other area adjacent to the residence of another following delivery of the package to such residence by the postal service or a commercial carrier a felony.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 Assembly

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES

  2. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  3. 2025-01-15 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Relates to the theft of a package intentionally taken from the residence of another following delivery by the postal service or a commercial carrier
Makes the theft of a package intentionally taken from a porch, driveway, doorway or other area adjacent to the residence of another following delivery of the package to such residence by the postal service or a commercial carrier a felony.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          2116

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SMITH,  SIMON, MIKULIN, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO,
          BLANKENBUSH, TANNOUSIS, TAGUE, ANGELINO -- read once and  referred  to
          the Committee on Codes

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to making the theft of a
          package intentionally taken from a porch, driveway, doorway  or  other
          area  adjacent  to  the residence of another following delivery of the
          package to such residence by the postal service or a commercial carri-
          er a felony

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     3    5-A. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A PACKAGE, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE  AND
     4  VALUE  OF  SUCH    PACKAGE,  WHICH  IS INTENTIONALLY TAKEN FROM A PORCH,
     5  DRIVEWAY, DOORWAY OR OTHER AREA ADJACENT TO  THE  RESIDENCE  OF  ANOTHER
     6  FOLLOWING  DELIVERY  OF  THE  PACKAGE  TO  SUCH  RESIDENCE BY THE POSTAL
     7  SERVICE OR A COMMERCIAL CARRIER; OR
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     9  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00430-01-5