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Assembly Bill A5756

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to first responders coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual

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2025-A5756 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4777
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9247, S8709
2023-2024: A1548, S3121

2025-A5756 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to first responders, including correction officers, coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual.

2025-A5756 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5756
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, EACHUS, ANGELINO, DeSTEFANO, STERN,
   DINOWITZ, BURKE, JONES,  SEPTIMO,  SAYEGH,  COLTON,  WILLIAMS,  STECK,
   SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to first responders coming
   into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing  or  expelling
   from or by an individual
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 240.30 of the penal law is  renum-
 bered subdivision 6 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
   5.  WITH THE INTENT TO HARASS, ANNOY, THREATEN OR ALARM ANOTHER PERSON
 WHOM THE ACTOR KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW TO BE A FIRST  RESPONDER,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO CORRECTION OFFICERS, SUCH ACTOR CAUSES OR
 ATTEMPTS TO CAUSE SUCH FIRST RESPONDER TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH  SALIVA
 BY SPITTING, THROWING, TOSSING OR EXPELLING SUCH FLUID; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09554-01-5

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