| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to codes |
| May 16, 2013 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S5306
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2013-S5306 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S5306 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5306
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to adding
by means of computer network to the crime of aggravated harassment in
the second degree
PURPOSE:
Creates the crime of harassment by electronic mail or computer
network.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 240.30 of penal law by adding a new
subdivision defining computer network. Adds computer network to
aggregated harassment in the second degree.
JUSTIFICATION:
One in 17 kids ages 10 to 17 had been threatened or harassed online,
and about one-third of those found the incidents extremely
distressing, according to a 2000 study by the University of New
Hampshire's Crimes, Against Children Research Center. In a recent
case, a young teenager's life at school was anything but pleasant; he
was teased, taunted and punched for years. But the final blow was the
humiliation he suffered every time he logged onto the internet.
2013-S5306 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5306
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 16, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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 adding by means of comput-
er network to the crime of aggravated harassment 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 1 of section 240.30 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 510 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
1. Either (a) communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by
telephone, by telegraph, or by mail, or by transmitting or delivering
any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to cause
annoyance or alarm; or
(b) causes a communication to be initiated by mechanical or electronic
means OR COMPUTER NETWORK, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION
156.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, or otherwise with a person, anonymously or
otherwise, by telephone, by telegraph, or by mail, or by transmitting or
delivering any other form of written communication, in a manner likely
to cause annoyance or alarm; 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.
LBD00886-01-3
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