Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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544--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including contacts via
text, private message, direct message, email or other electronic
communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harass-
ment in the second degree
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 240.30 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 188 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. With intent to harass or threaten another person, he or she makes a
5 telephone call, or contacts via text, private message, direct message,
6 email or other electronic communication, whether or not a conversation
7 ensues, with no purpose of legitimate communication; or
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
9 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
10 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
11 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
12 authorized to be made on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03432-03-1
