Assembly Bill A4201

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to stalking a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A4201 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §120.65, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10944
2021-2022: A5226
2023-2024: A3139

2025-A4201 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of stalking a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter to include intent to harass, annoy or alarm a police officer, peace officer, correction officer, firefighter or an immediate family member of a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter, intentionally engaging in a course of conduct directed at such person which is likely to cause such person to reasonably fear physical injury or serious physical injury, the commission of a sex offense against, or the kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment or death of such person or a member of such person's immediate family.

2025-A4201 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4201
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to stalking a police officer,
   peace officer, correction officer or firefighter
 
   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 120.65  to
 read as follows:
 § 120.65 STALKING A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER OR
           FIREFIGHTER.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  STALKING  A  POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER,
 CORRECTION OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER WHEN HE OR SHE  INTENTIONALLY  SELECTS
 THE  PERSON  AGAINST  WHOM  THE  OFFENSE  IS COMMITTED OR INTENDED TO BE
 COMMITTED IN WHOLE OR IN SUBSTANTIAL PART BECAUSE OF A BELIEF OR PERCEP-
 TION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUCH PERSON OR SUCH PERSON'S  IMMEDIATE
 FAMILY  MEMBER AS A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER OR
 FIREFIGHTER, AND WITH INTENT TO HARASS,  ANNOY  OR  ALARM  SUCH  PERSON,
 INTENTIONALLY  ENGAGES  IN  A  COURSE OF CONDUCT DIRECTED AT SUCH PERSON
 WHICH IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SUCH PERSON TO REASONABLY FEAR PHYSICAL  INJURY
 OR  SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY, THE COMMISSION OF A SEX OFFENSE AGAINST, OR
 THE KIDNAPPING, UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT OR  DEATH  OF  SUCH  PERSON  OR  A
 MEMBER  OF SUCH PERSON'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY. SUCH COURSE OF CONDUCT MAY BE
 CONDUCTED IN PERSON OR ELECTRONICALLY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 USE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK.
   STALKING A POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER OR  FIRE-
 FIGHTER IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03344-01-5

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