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A05579 Summary:

BILL NOA05579 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSempolinski

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COSPNSRBlankenbush

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 261 §§261.00 & 261.05, amd §70.25, Pen L

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Creates an automatic class E felony on the first offense for committing an act of domestic violence in the presence of children.

Go to top A05579 Actions:

BILL NOA05579 

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02/18/2025referred to codes

05/13/2025held for consideration in codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

Go to topA05579 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/13/2025AYE/NAY:16/6 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA05579 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05579 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5579

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to acts of domestic violence
 committed in the presence of children

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

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new article 261 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 261
 4 OFFENSES RELATING TO A MEMBER OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD
 5 Section 261.00 Specified offenses against a member of the same family or
 6 household.
 7 261.05 Sentencing.
 8 § 261.00 Specified offenses against a member of the same family or
 9 household.
 10 1. A person commits a domestic violence crime when such person inten-
 11 tionally commits or intends to commit a specified offense against a
 12 member of the same family or household.
 13 2. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 14 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third
 15 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10
 16 (assault in the first degree); section 120.13 (menacing in the first
 17 degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section 120.15
 18 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless endangerment in
 19 the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in the first
 20 degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree); section 120.50
 21 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55 (stalking in the second
 22 degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree); section 121.11
 23 (criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation); section 121.12
 24 (strangulation in the second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in
 25 the first degree); subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08546-01-5

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 1 the second degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20
 2 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second
 3 degree); section 130.20 (sexual misconduct); section 130.30 (rape in the
 4 second degree); section 130.35 (rape in the first degree); section
 5 130.52 (forcible touching); section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse);
 6 section 130.55 (sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexu-
 7 al abuse in the second degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the
 8 first degree); section 130.66 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third
 9 degree); section 130.67 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree);
 10 section 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree); section
 11 130.91 (sexually motivated felony); section 130.95 (predatory sexual
 12 assault); section 130.96 (predatory sexual assault against a child);
 13 section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the second degree); section
 14 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the first degree); section 135.61
 15 (coercion in the second degree); section 135.65 (coercion in the first
 16 degree); section 140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section 140.25
 17 (burglary in the second degree); sectio