Bill Text: NY S01880 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to creating the crime of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S01880 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01880-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1880

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2021
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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:

     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.33 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 240.33 Aggravated harassment of a survivor  of  domestic  violence  or
     4             sexual assault.
     5    A  person is guilty of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic
     6  violence or sexual assault when he or she commits the  crime  of  aggra-
     7  vated  harassment  in the second degree as defined by subdivision one of
     8  section 240.30 of this article with a belief  or  perception  that  such
     9  person  is the victim of or is a survivor of domestic violence or sexual
    10  assault.
    11    Aggravated harassment of a survivor of  domestic  violence  or  sexual
    12  assault is a class E felony.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    14  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.
                                                                   LBD06045-01-1