Assembly Bill A3089

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the disclosure and publication of the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any active or retired judge or prosecutor

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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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2021-A3089 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89, Pub Off L; add §§250.61 & 250.62, Pen L; add §50-g, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11153
2023-2024: A2150

2021-A3089 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the disclosure and publication of the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any active or retired judge or prosecutor.

2021-A3089 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3089
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DINOWITZ, NOLAN, STERN, DeSTEFANO, MORINELLO,
   LAVINE,  SIMON,  SEAWRIGHT,  COLTON,  BRABENEC,  ENGLEBRIGHT,   GALEF,
   CUSICK,  B. MILLER,  OTIS,  McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the penal  law  and  the  civil
   rights  law, in relation to prohibiting the disclosure and publication
   of the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any active
   or retired judge or prosecutor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 89 of the public officers law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
   7-A. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL PERMIT THE DISCLOSURE  OR  PUBLICA-
 TION  OF  THE  HOME  ADDRESS OR UNPUBLISHED HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ANY
 ACTIVE OR RETIRED JUDGE OR STATE OR LOCAL PROSECUTOR.
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  250.61  and
 250.62 to read as follows:
 §  250.61  UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF THE ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ANY
 ACTIVE OR RETIRED JUDGE OR PROSECUTOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   NO PERSON SHALL NOT KNOWINGLY, WITH RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE  PROBA-
 BILITY  OF  EXPOSURE OF ANOTHER TO HARASSMENT OR RISK OF HARM TO LIFE OR
 PROPERTY, DISCLOSE OR POST OR PUBLISH ON THE INTERNET THE  HOME  ADDRESS
 OR  UNPUBLISHED  HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ANY ACTIVE OR RETIRED JUDGE OF
 ANY COURT OF LAW OF THIS STATE, OR STATE, COUNTY OR  MUNICIPAL  PROSECU-
 TOR, OR THE SPOUSE OR CHILD THEREOF.
   UNLAWFUL  DISCLOSURE  OF THE ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ANY ACTIVE
 OR RETIRED JUDGE OR PROSECUTOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS A  MISDE-
 MEANOR.
 §  250.62  UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF THE ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ANY
 ACTIVE OR RETIRED JUDGE OR PROSECUTOR IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05775-01-1
              

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