Assembly Bill A679

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of coercive control

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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
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2025-A679 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8904
2021-2022: A3147
2023-2024: A2707

2025-A679 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information; provides that coercive control is a class E felony.

2025-A679 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    679
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HEVESI,  ROZIC, STIRPE, BORES, SIMON, STECK,
   SIMONE, CRUZ, NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
   Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
   coercive control

   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 135.80 to
 read as follows:
 § 135.80 COERCIVE CONTROL.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF COERCIVE CONTROL WHEN SUCH PERSON ENGAGES  IN  A
 COURSE  OF  CONDUCT  AGAINST  A  MEMBER  OF SUCH PERSON'S SAME FAMILY OR
 HOUSEHOLD, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 530.11 OF THE CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE  LAW,
 WITHOUT  THE VICTIM'S CONSENT, WHICH RESULTS IN LIMITING OR RESTRICTING,
 IN FULL OR IN PART, THE VICTIM'S  BEHAVIOR,  MOVEMENT,  ASSOCIATIONS  OR
 ACCESS TO OR USE OF SUCH VICTIM'S OWN FINANCES OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
 FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, LACK OF CONSENT RESULTS FROM FORCIBLE
 COMPULSION, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION  130.00  OF  THIS
 TITLE,  OR  FROM  FEAR  THAT  REFUSAL  TO CONSENT WILL RESULT IN FURTHER
 ACTIONS LIMITING OR RESTRICTING THE VICTIM'S BEHAVIOR, MOVEMENT, ASSOCI-
 ATIONS OR ACCESS TO OR USE OF SUCH VICTIM'S OWN  FINANCES  OR  FINANCIAL
 INFORMATION. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ACTIONS TAKEN PURSUANT TO A
 LEGAL  ARRANGEMENT  GRANTING  ONE PERSON POWER OR AUTHORITY OVER ANOTHER
 PERSON, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, POWER OF ATTORNEY ARRANGEMENTS AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (J) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF  SECTION  5-1501  OF  THE
 GENERAL  OBLIGATIONS LAW, GUARDIANS OF THE PROPERTY OR PERSON AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISIONS (C) AND (D) OF SECTION 83.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE  LAW,
 OR PARENTAL CONTROL OF A MINOR CHILD.
   COERCIVE CONTROL IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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