| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2025 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2641
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2025-S2641 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S2641 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2641
SPONSOR: ADDABBO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to including the use of a
governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated
harassment in the first degree
PURPOSE:
To expand upon the definition of aggravated harassment and provide
further provisions in dissuading both the public and governmental
personnel from unlawfully using or disclosing confidential information
with intent to alarm another individual.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 240.30 of the Penal law is amended with a new subdivision.
JUSTIFICATION:
2025-S2641 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2641
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 22, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including the use of a
governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated
harassment in the first degree
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 5 of section 240.31 of the penal law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of 2006 and subdivi-
sion 5 as added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read
as follows:
2. Commits the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree in
the manner proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section
240.30 of this article and has been previously convicted of the crime of
aggravated harassment in the second degree for the commission of conduct
proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section 240.30 OF
THIS ARTICLE or [he or she] SUCH PERSON has been previously convicted of
the crime of aggravated harassment in the first degree within the
preceding ten years; or
5. EITHER (A) UNLAWFULLY DISCLOSES CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONCERNING
ANOTHER PERSON SUCH PERSON INTENDS TO HARASS, ANNOY, THREATEN, OR ALARM
WHICH SUCH PERSON OBTAINED FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR ANY POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OR MUNICIPALITY, IN A MANNER LIKELY TO CAUSE
ANNOYANCE OR ALARM; OR (B) UNLAWFULLY CAUSES PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY A
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OR MUNICI-
PALITY TO CONTACT OR INTERACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON SUCH PERSON INTENDS TO
HARASS, ANNOY, THREATEN, OR ALARM IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY, IN A MANNER
LIKELY TO CAUSE ANNOYANCE OR ALARM; OR
6. Etches, paints, draws upon or otherwise places or displays a noose,
commonly exhibited as a symbol of racism and intimidation, on any build-
ing or other real property, public or private, owned by any person, firm
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06946-01-5
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