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Assembly Bill A2239

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree

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2025-A2239 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2273
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11344, S9148
2019-2020: A231, S2636
2021-2022: A544, S1477
2023-2024: A3883, S2450

2025-A2239 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

2025-A2239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2239
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, WOERNER -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  including  contacts  via
   text,  private  message,  direct  message,  email  or other electronic
   communication in the definition of the offense of  aggravated  harass-
   ment in the second degree

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of  section  240.30  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  188  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. With intent to harass or threaten another person, [he or she]  SUCH
 PERSON  makes  a  telephone call, OR CONTACTS VIA TEXT, PRIVATE MESSAGE,
 DIRECT MESSAGE, EMAIL OR OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION, whether or  not
 a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate communication; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing  the  date  upon  which it shall have become a law.  Effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04009-01-5

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