New York A 7236: Establishes the offenses of political coercion in the second degree, political coercion in the first degree and accomplice to political coercion

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A07236 Summary:

BILL NOA07236 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORChandler-Waterman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§135.80, 135.81 & 135.82, Pen L

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Establishes the offenses of political coercion in the second degree, political coercion in the first degree and accomplice to political coercion relating to the transportation of a person into the state for political or publicity reasons or personal gain.

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BILL NOA07236 

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03/21/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7236

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offenses
 of political coercion in the second degree, political coercion in the
 first degree and accomplice to political coercion

 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 three new sections
 2 135.80, 135.81 and 135.82 to read as follows:
 3 § 135.80 Political coercion in the second degree.
 4 A person is guilty of political coercion in the second degree when
 5 such person, being a public servant in this state or any other state,
 6 and for political or publicity reasons or personal gain, transports
 7 another person into the state by means of intentionally:
 8 1. making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions to
 9 compel or induce the person to be transported into the state with an
 10 intent to deceive such person;
 11 2. withholding, destroying, or confiscating any actual or purported
 12 passport, immigration document, or any other actual or purported
 13 government identification document, of another person with intent to
 14 impair said person's freedom of movement; provided, however, that this
 15 subdivision shall not apply to an attempt to correct a social security
 16 administration record or immigration agency record in accordance with
 17 any local, state, or federal agency requirement, where such attempt is
 18 not made for the purpose of any express or implied threat;
 19 3. removing a person seeking asylum in the United States from the
 20 state in which the asylum application or proceeding has been commenced;
 21 4. using force or engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to compel or
 22 induce a person to be transported into the state by means of instilling
 23 a fear in such person that, if the demand is not complied with, the
 24 actor or another will do one or more of the following:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06848-01-5

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 1 (a) withhold or deny a state or federal benefit from the person being
 2 transported or an immediate family member of such person; or
 3 (b) engage in other conduct constituting a felony or unlawful impri-
 4 sonment in the second degree in violation of section 135.05 of this
 5 article; or
 6 (c) accuse or threaten to accuse the person being transported, or an
 7 immediate family member of such person, of a crime or causes criminal
 8 charges or deportation proceedings to be instituted against such person
 9 or persons; provided, however, that it shall be an affirmative defense
 10 to this subdivision that the defendant reasonably believed the threat-
 11 ened charge to be true and that such defendant's sole purpose was to
 12 compel or induce the victim to take reasonable action to make good the
 13 wrong which was the subject of such threatened charge; or
 14 (d) expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or
 15 false, relating to the immigration status of the person being trans-
 16 ported or of an immediate family member of such person; or
 17 (e) testify or provide information or withhold testimony or informa-
 18 tion with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
 19 (f) use or abuse such defendant's position as a public servant by
 20 performing some a