| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 30, 2025 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3935
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2025-S3935 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S3935 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3935
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the crime of
aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual
assault
PURPOSE:
To better protect survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse from
cyberbullying.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the Penal Law to add a new section 240.34, Aggravated
harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault. A
person is guilty of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic
violence or sexual assault when he or she commits the crime of aggra-
vated harassment in the second degree with a belief or perception that
the victim is a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault. Aggra-
2025-S3935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3935
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 creating the crime of
aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual
assault
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 AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT WHEN SUCH PERSON COMMITS THE CRIME OF AGGRA-
VATED HARASSMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 240.30 OF THIS ARTICLE WITH A BELIEF OR PERCEPTION THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON IS THE VICTIM OF OR IS A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL
ASSAULT IS A CLASS E FELONY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06487-01-5
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