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Assembly Bill A4609

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of doxing a police officer or a peace officer

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2025-A4609 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.34, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11002
2021-2022: A4995
2023-2024: A2174

2025-A4609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of doxing a police officer or a peace officer when a person knowingly makes restricted personal information about a police officer or peace officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer, publicly available with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer or peace officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer; or with the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information is likely to be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer or peace officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer.

2025-A4609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4609
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   doxing a police officer or a peace officer
 
   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 240.34  to
 read as follows:
 § 240.34 DOXING A POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF DOXING A POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER WHEN
 SUCH PERSON KNOWINGLY MAKES  RESTRICTED  PERSONAL  INFORMATION  ABOUT  A
 POLICE  OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER, OR A MEMBER OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF
 SUCH OFFICER, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE:
   1. WITH THE INTENT TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE, OR INCITE  THE  COMMISSION
 OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER, OR A
 MEMBER OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF SUCH OFFICER; OR
   2. WITH THE INTENT AND KNOWLEDGE THAT THE RESTRICTED PERSONAL INFORMA-
 TION  IS  LIKELY  TO  BE USED TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE, OR FACILITATE THE
 COMMISSION OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE POLICE  OFFICER  OR  PEACE
 OFFICER, OR A MEMBER OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF SUCH OFFICER.
   UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  POLICE OFFICER AND PEACE OFFICER ARE AS DEFINED
 UNDER SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   DOXING OF A POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER SHALL BE A CLASS D FELO-
 NY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02518-01-5

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