assembly Bill A7382A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the crime of sexual harassment

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to codes
Jun 14, 2019 print number 7382a
Jun 14, 2019 amend (t) and recommit to codes
Apr 29, 2019 referred to codes

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A7382 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2874
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.33, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2200, S747

A7382 - Summary

Relates to the crime of sexual harassment; makes such crime a class A misdemeanor.

A7382 - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  7382

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. NIOU -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  the  crime  of  sexual
  harassment

  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 240.33  to
read as follows:
§ 240.33 SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHEN, WITH THE PURPOSE OF
SEXUAL AROUSAL OR GRATIFICATION, AND WITHOUT CONSENT, HE OR  SHE  SLAPS,
STRIKES, SHOVES OR KICKS ANOTHER PERSON.
  SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  § 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.
                                                           LBD08857-01-9

A7382A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2874
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.33, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2200, S747

A7382A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the crime of sexual harassment; makes such crime a class A misdemeanor.

A7382A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                 7382--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. NIOU -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- commit-
  tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
  sexual harassment

  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 240.33 to
read as follows:
§ 240.33 SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT  WHEN,  WITH  THE  PURPOSE  OF
SEXUAL  AROUSAL  OR GRATIFICATION, AND WITHOUT CONSENT, HE OR SHE SLAPS,
STRIKES, SHOVES OR KICKS ANOTHER  PERSON,  OR  OTHERWISE  SUBJECTS  SUCH
OTHER  PERSON  TO  PHYSICAL CONTACT, OR ATTEMPTS, OR THREATENS TO DO THE
SAME.
  SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  § 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.
                                                           LBD08857-03-9