Assembly Bill A10944

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to stalking a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10944 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §120.65, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5226
2023-2024: A3139

2019-A10944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of stalking a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter to include intent to harass, annoy or alarm a police officer, peace officer, correction officer, firefighter or an immediate family member of a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter, intentionally engaging in a course of conduct directed at such person which is likely to cause such person to reasonably fear physical injury or serious physical injury, the commission of a sex offense against, or the kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment or death of such person or a member of such person's immediate family.

2019-A10944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10944
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Reilly) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to stalking a police officer,
   peace officer, correction officer or firefighter
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.65 to
 read as follows:
 § 120.65 STALKING A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER OR
           FIREFIGHTER.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY  OF  STALKING  A  POLICE  OFFICER,  PEACE  OFFICER,
 CORRECTION  OFFICER  OR FIREFIGHTER WHEN HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY SELECTS
 THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE OFFENSE  IS  COMMITTED  OR  INTENDED  TO  BE
 COMMITTED IN WHOLE OR IN SUBSTANTIAL PART BECAUSE OF A BELIEF OR PERCEP-
 TION  REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUCH PERSON OR SUCH PERSON'S IMMEDIATE
 FAMILY MEMBER AS A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER  OR
 FIREFIGHTER,  AND  WITH  INTENT  TO  HARASS, ANNOY OR ALARM SUCH PERSON,
 INTENTIONALLY ENGAGES IN A COURSE OF CONDUCT  DIRECTED  AT  SUCH  PERSON
 WHICH  IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SUCH PERSON TO REASONABLY FEAR PHYSICAL INJURY
 OR SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY, THE COMMISSION OF A SEX OFFENSE AGAINST,  OR
 THE  KIDNAPPING,  UNLAWFUL  IMPRISONMENT  OR  DEATH  OF SUCH PERSON OR A
 MEMBER OF SUCH PERSON'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY. SUCH COURSE OF CONDUCT MAY  BE
 CONDUCTED IN PERSON OR ELECTRONICALLY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 USE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK.
   STALKING  A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER OR FIRE-
 FIGHTER IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16775-03-0

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