Establishes the crime of doxing a police officer or a peace officer when a person knowingly makes restricted personal information about a police officer or peace officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer, publicly available with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer or peace officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer; or with the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information is likely to be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer or peace officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4609
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
doxing a police officer or a peace officer
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 240.34 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 240.34 Doxing a police officer or a peace officer.
4 A person is guilty of doxing a police officer or a peace officer when
5 such person knowingly makes restricted personal information about a
6 police officer or peace officer, or a member of the immediate family of
7 such officer, publicly available:
8 1. With the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission
9 of a crime of violence against the police officer or peace officer, or a
10 member of the immediate family of such officer; or
11 2. With the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal informa-
12 tion is likely to be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the
13 commission of a crime of violence against the police officer or peace
14 officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer.
15 Under this section, police officer and peace officer are as defined
16 under section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.
17 Doxing of a police officer or a peace officer shall be a class D felo-
18 ny.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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