Assembly Bill A5475

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes aggravated harassment in the first degree under a specified offense

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A5475 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8609
2015-2016: A4485
2017-2018: A5961
2019-2020: A6759
2021-2022: A5743
2023-2024: A4840

2025-A5475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes aggravated harassment in the first degree under a specified offense.

2025-A5475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5475
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS, COOK, COLTON, GIBBS -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to a specified offense
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  485.05  of the penal law, as
 amended by section 2 of part C of chapter 55 of the  laws  of  2024,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 provisions  of  this  chapter:  section  120.00  (assault  in  the third
 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree);  section  120.06
 (gang assault in the second degree); section 120.07 (gang assault in the
 first  degree);  section  120.10  (assault in the first degree); section
 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a person less than  eleven  years  old);
 section  120.13 (menacing in the first degree); section 120.14 (menacing
 in the second degree); section 120.15 (menacing in  the  third  degree);
 section  120.20  (reckless  endangerment  in the second degree); section
 120.25 (reckless endangerment  in  the  first  degree);  section  121.11
 (criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation); section 121.12
 (strangulation  in  the second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in
 the first degree); subdivision one of section  125.15  (manslaughter  in
 the  second  degree);  subdivision  one,  two  or four of section 125.20
 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second
 degree); section 125.26 (aggravated murder); section 125.27  (murder  in
 the  first  degree);  section  120.45  (stalking  in the fourth degree);
 section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55  (stalking
 in  the  second  degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree);
 section 130.20 (sexual misconduct); section 130.25 (rape  in  the  third
 degree);  section  130.30  (rape  in  the second degree); section 130.35
 (rape in the  first  degree);  former  section  130.40;  former  section
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05075-01-5
              

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