New York A 1478: Relates to criminalizing the act of stalking a police officer or peace officer

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A01478 Summary:

BILL NOA01478 

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Amd §120.40, add §§120.80, 120.85 & 120.90, Pen L

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Relates to criminalizing the act of stalking a police officer or peace officer.

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01/10/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1478

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminalizing the act of
 stalking a police officer or peace officer

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

 1 Section 1. Section 120.40 of the penal law, as added by chapter 635 of
 2 the laws of 1999, paragraph b of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 23
 3 of the laws of 2024 and paragraph c of subdivision 5 as amended by
 4 section 7 of part NN of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
 5 read as follows:
 6 § 120.40 Definitions.
 7 For purposes of sections 120.45, 120.50, 120.55 [and], 120.60, 120.80,
 8 120.85, and 120.90 of this article:
 9 1. "Kidnapping" shall mean a kidnapping crime defined in article one
 10 hundred thirty-five of this [chapter] title.
 11 2. "Unlawful imprisonment" shall mean an unlawful imprisonment felony
 12 crime defined in article one hundred thirty-five of this [chapter]
 13 title.
 14 3. "Sex offense" shall mean a felony defined in article one hundred
 15 thirty of this [chapter] title, sexual misconduct, as defined in section
 16 130.20 of this [chapter] title, sexual abuse in the third degree as
 17 defined in section 130.55 of this [chapter] title or sexual abuse in the
 18 second degree as defined in section 130.60 of this [chapter] title.
 19 4. "Immediate family" means the spouse, former spouse, parent, child,
 20 sibling, or any other person who regularly resides or has regularly
 21 resided in the household of a person.
 22 5. "Specified predicate crime" means:
 23 a. a violent felony offense;
 24 b. a crime defined in section 130.20, 130.25, 130.30, 130.55, 130.60,
 25 130.70, 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27, or formerly defined in section 130.40
 26 or 130.45;
 27 c. assault in the third degree, as defined in section 120.00; menacing
 28 in the first degree, as defined in section 120.13; menacing in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02425-01-5

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 1 second degree, as defined in section 120.14; coercion in the first
 2 degree, as defined in section 135.65; coercion in the second degree, as
 3 defined in section 135.61; coercion in the third degree, as defined in
 4 section 135.60; aggravated harassment in the second degree, as defined
 5 in section 240.30; harassment in the first degree, as defined in section
 6 240.25; menacing in the third degree, as defined in section 120.15;
 7 criminal mischief in the third degree, as defined in section 145.05;
 8 criminal mischief in the second degree, as defined in section 145.10,
 9 criminal mischief in the first degree, as defined in section 145.12;
 10 criminal tampering in the first degree, as defined in section 145.20;
 11 arson in the fourth degree, as defined in section 150.05; arson in the
 12 third degree, as defined in section 150.10; criminal contempt in the
 13 first degree, as defined in section 215.51; endangering the welfare of a
 14 child, as defined in section 260.10; or
 15 d. stalking in the fourth degree, as defined in section 120.45; stalk-
 16 ing in the third degree, as defined in section 120.50; stalking in the
 17 second degree, as defined in section 120.55; stalking a police officer
 18 or peace officer in the third degree, as defined in section 120.80;
 19 stalking a police officer or peace officer in the second degree, as
 20 defined in section 120.85; or
 21 e. an offense in any other jurisdiction which includes all of the
 22 essential elements of any such crime for whi