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                                   6291
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act and the criminal procedure law,  in
   relation to disorderly conduct
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of  section  812  of
 the  family court act, as amended by chapter 541 of the laws of 2024, is
 amended to read as follows:
   The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent  juris-
 diction  over  any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which would constitute
 disorderly conduct AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE, THREE, FOUR,  FIVE,
 SIX AND SEVEN OF SECTION 240.20 OF THE PENAL LAW, unlawful dissemination
 or  publication  of  an  intimate image, harassment in the first degree,
 harassment in the second degree, aggravated  harassment  in  the  second
 degree,  sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse in the third
 degree, sexual abuse in the second degree as set  forth  in  subdivision
 one  of  section  130.60 of the penal law, stalking in the first degree,
 stalking in the second degree, stalking in the third degree, stalking in
 the fourth degree, criminal mischief, menacing  in  the  second  degree,
 menacing   in   the   third   degree,  reckless  endangerment,  criminal
 obstruction of breathing or  blood  circulation,  strangulation  in  the
 second  degree, strangulation in the first degree, assault in the second
 degree, assault in the third  degree,  an  attempted  assault,  identity
 theft in the first degree, identity theft in the second degree, identity
 theft  in  the  third  degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree, grand
 larceny in the third degree, coercion in the second degree  or  coercion
 in  the  third degree as set forth in subdivisions one, two and three of
 section 135.60 of the penal law between spouses or  former  spouses,  or
 between parent and child or between members of the same family or house-
 hold  except  that if the respondent would not be criminally responsible
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 by reason of age pursuant to section 30.00 of the penal  law,  then  the
 family  court  shall  have  exclusive jurisdiction over such proceeding.
 Notwithstanding a complainant's election to proceed in family court, the
 criminal  court  shall  not be divested of jurisdiction to hear a family
 offense proceeding pursuant to this section. In any proceeding  pursuant
 to  this  article,  a  court  shall  not deny an order of protection, or
 dismiss a petition, solely on the basis that the acts or events  alleged
 are  not  relatively  contemporaneous with the date of the petition, the
 conclusion of the fact-finding or the conclusion  of  the  dispositional
 hearing.  For  purposes  of  this article, "disorderly conduct" includes
 disorderly conduct not in a public place AND DOES NOT REQUIRE AN  INTENT
 TO  CAUSE PUBLIC INCONVENIENCE, ANNOYANCE OR ALARM, OR RECKLESSLY CREAT-
 ING A RISK THEREOF, BUT MERELY AN INTENT TO CAUSE ANNOYANCE OR ALARM, OR
 RECKLESSLY CREATING A RISK THEREOF.    For  purposes  of  this  article,
 "members of the same family or household" shall mean the following:
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 530.11 of the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 541 of the laws  of  2024,
 is amended to read as follows:
   The  family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent juris-
 diction over any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which  would  constitute
 disorderly  conduct AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
 SIX AND SEVEN OF SECTION 240.20 OF THE PENAL LAW, unlawful dissemination
 or publication of an intimate image, harassment  in  the  first  degree,
 harassment  in  the  second  degree, aggravated harassment in the second
 degree, sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse in the  third
 degree,  sexual  abuse  in the second degree as set forth in subdivision
 one of section 130.60 of the penal law, stalking in  the  first  degree,
 stalking in the second degree, stalking in the third degree, stalking in
 the  fourth  degree,  criminal  mischief, menacing in the second degree,
 menacing in the third degree, reckless  endangerment,  strangulation  in
 the   first   degree,  strangulation  in  the  second  degree,  criminal
 obstruction of breathing or blood circulation,  assault  in  the  second
 degree,  assault  in  the  third  degree, an attempted assault, identity
 theft in the first degree, identity theft in the second degree, identity
 theft in the third degree, grand larceny in  the  fourth  degree,  grand
 larceny  in  the third degree, coercion in the second degree or coercion
 in the third degree as set forth in subdivisions one, two and  three  of
 section  135.60  of  the penal law between spouses or former spouses, or
 between parent and child or between members of the same family or house-
 hold except that if the respondent would not be  criminally  responsible
 by  reason  of  age pursuant to section 30.00 of the penal law, then the
 family court shall have exclusive  jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.
 Notwithstanding a complainant's election to proceed in family court, the
 criminal  court  shall  not be divested of jurisdiction to hear a family
 offense proceeding pursuant  to  this  section.  For  purposes  of  this
 section,  "disorderly  conduct"  includes  disorderly  conduct  not in a
 public place AND DOES NOT REQUIRE AN INTENT TO  CAUSE  PUBLIC  INCONVEN-
 IENCE,  ANNOYANCE  OR  ALARM, OR RECKLESSLY CREATING A RISK THEREOF, BUT
 MERELY AN INTENT TO CAUSE ANNOYANCE OR ALARM, OR RECKLESSLY  CREATING  A
 RISK THEREOF.  For purposes of this section, "members of the same family
 or  household" with respect to a proceeding in the criminal courts shall
 mean the following:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.