New York S 9438: Relates to unlawful surveillance in the first degree

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S09438 Summary:

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Expands unlawful surveillance in the first degree to include instances where the surveillance is of a person who has an active order of protection against them.

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03/12/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9438

 IN SENATE

 March 12, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 unlawful surveillance in
 the first degree

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

 1 Section 1. Section 250.50 of the penal law, as added by chapter 69 of
 2 the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 250.50 Unlawful surveillance in the first degree.
 4 A person is guilty of unlawful surveillance in the first degree when
 5 [he or she] such person:
 6 1. commits the crime of unlawful surveillance in the second degree and
 7 has been previously convicted within the past ten years of unlawful
 8 surveillance in the first or second degree; or
 9 2. commits the crime of unlawful surveillance in the second degree
 10 against a person who has an active order of protection against them; or
 11 3. commits the crime of unlawful surveillance in the second degree
 12 against a person with the intent to benefit a person who has an active
 13 order of protection against the person surveilled.
 14 Unlawful surveillance in the first degree is a class D felony.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 16 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01931-01-5

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