A08687 Summary:
BILL NO | A08687 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01880 |
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SPONSOR | Barnwell |
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Add 240.33, Pen L | |
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Relates to creating the crime of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault. |
A08687 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8687 IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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