| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 08, 2010 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S8098
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2009-S8098 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6597
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง240.30, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
S3070, A5613, A6982
2009-S8098 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8098
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of an
individual through electronic mail
PURPOSE:
The bill seeks to curtail the transmission
of unsolicited
electronic mail over public computer networks.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
The bill would create a new subdivision 1-a of
section 240.30 of the penal law to make it a class A misdemeanor to
send unsolicited electronic mail over a computer network that
provides no purpose of legitimate communication and no information to
allow a direct reply from the recipient to the sender.
JUSTIFICATION:
Current law already criminalizes harassment over the
telephone and through the mail. Harassment through e-mail can and
often is just as annoying and alarming to the recipient as written or
telephonic communication. Unsolicited electronic mail that disguises
its origination, or otherwise fails to disclose its true origination
and authorship, has become a prevalent medium of electronic
2009-S8098 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8098
I N S E N A T E
June 8, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sen. HUNTLEY -- 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 aggravated harassment of
an individual through electronic mail
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 240.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. TRANSMITS AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK WITHOUT
THE EXPRESS AUTHORITY OF THE RECIPIENT, WHEN SUCH MESSAGE PROVIDES
NEITHER ANY PURPOSE OF LEGITIMATE COMMUNICATION NOR ANY INFORMATION TO
THE RECIPIENT WHICH WOULD ALLOW A DIRECT REPLY TO INFORM THE SENDER OF
THE ANNOYANCE; OR
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
LBD00342-01-9
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