New York S 2273: Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree

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S02273 Summary:

BILL NOS02273 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02239

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HELMING, LIU, MAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §240.30, Pen L

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Includes contacts via text, email, private message, direct message or other electronic communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

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BILL NOS02273 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO CODES

02/24/20251ST REPORT CAL.360

02/25/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/08/2025PASSED SENATE

04/08/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.797

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/28/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A2239

&nbspA02239 AMEND= Braunstein

&nbsp01/15/2025referred to codes

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to codes

&nbsp01/21/2026reported 

&nbsp01/22/2026advanced to third reading cal.230

&nbsp01/27/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/27/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/27/2026REFERRED TO CODES

&nbsp04/28/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S2273

&nbsp04/28/20263RD READING CAL.797

&nbsp04/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/28/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2273

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, GALLIVAN, HELMING, LIU, MAY, ROLISON, WEBB
 -- 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 including contacts via
 text, private message, direct message, email or other electronic
 communication in the definition of the offense of aggravated harass-
 ment in the second degree

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 240.30 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 188 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. With intent to harass or threaten another person, [he or she] such
 5 person makes a telephone call, or contacts via text, private message,
 6 direct message, email or other electronic communication, whether or not
 7 a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate communication; or
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 9 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective imme-
 10 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 11 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 12 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04009-01-5

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