NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2789

Senate Bill S2789

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to creating the crime of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to codes
Jan 24, 2023	referred to codes

2023-S2789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7922
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §240.33, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8080
2021-2022: S1880, A8687

2023-S2789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S2789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2789

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 240.33 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-

vated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault is
a class E felony.

Section 2: Sets effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

For people who have survived the trauma of domestic violence or sexual
assault, the consequences of cyberbullying (codified in the penal law as
aggravated harassment in the second degree) can be devastating. If some-
one knowingly cyberbullies a survivor of domestic violence or sexual
assault, he or she should face harsher penalties to reflect the
increased damage his or her actions can do to the victim.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2020 - S8080, Reported and Committed to Codes

2021-2022- S1880, Referred to Codes

Assembly

2020 - No Assembly Same-As

2021-2022- A8687, Referred to codes

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date upon which it shall have become a law.

2023-S2789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2789
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 240.33 to
 read as follows:
 § 240.33 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 AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 240.30 OF THIS ARTICLE WITH A BELIEF  OR  PERCEPTION  THAT  SUCH
 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.
                                                            LBD05837-01-3

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