New York A 3206: Establishes domestic violence crimes

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A03206 Summary:

BILL NOA03206 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01159

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRBerger, Hevesi, Davila, Griffin, McDonald, Colton, Shimsky, Stern

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title O Art 256 §256.00, §60.38, Pen L; amd §510.10, CP L; amd §575, Exec L

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Establishes domestic violence crimes when an individual commits or intends to commit a specified offense against a member of the same family or household; defines specified offenses; defines members of the same family; sets forth criteria for the authorized disposition of individuals convicted of a domestic violence crime.

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BILL NOA03206 

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01/23/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3206

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law and the execu-
 tive law, in relation to establishing domestic violence crimes

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

 1 Section 1. Title O of the penal law is amended by adding a new article
 2 256 to read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 256
 4 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES

 5 Section 256.00 Domestic violence crimes.
 6 § 256.00 Domestic violence crimes.
 7 1. A person commits a domestic violence crime when such person inten-
 8 tionally commits or intends to commit a specified offense against a
 9 member of the same family or household.
 10 2. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 11 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third
 12 degree); section 120.02 (reckless assault of a child); section 120.05
 13 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10 (assault in the first
 14 degree); section 120.13 (menacing in the first degree); section 120.14
 15 (menacing in the second degree); section 120.15 (menacing in the third
 16 degree); section 120.20 (reckless endangerment in the second degree);
 17 section 120.25 (reckless endangerment in the first degree); section
 18 120.30 (promoting a suicide attempt); section 120.45 (stalking in the
 19 fourth degree); section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section
 20 120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the
 21 first degree); section 121.11 (criminal obstruction of breathing or
 22 blood circulation); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree);
 23 section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree); section 125.10

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03627-01-5

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 1 (criminally negligent homicide); section 125.15 (manslaughter in the
 2 second degree); section 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree);
 3 section 125.25 (murder in the second degree); section 130.20 (sexual
 4 misconduct); section 130.25 (rape in the third degree); section 130.30
 5 (rape in the second degree); section 130.35 (rape in the first degree);
 6 section 130.52 (forcible touching); section 130.53 (persistent sexual
 7 abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse in the third degree); section
 8 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse
 9 in the first degree); section 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the
 10 fourth degree); section 130.66 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third
 11 degree); section 130.67 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree);
 12 section 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree); section
 13 130.75 (course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree);
 14 section 130.80 (course of sexual conduct against a child in the second
 15 degree); section 130.85 (female genital mutilation); section 130.90
 16 (facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance); section 130.91
 17 (sexually motivated felony); section 130.95 (predatory sexual assault);
 18 section 130.96 (predatory sexual assault against a child); section
 19 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the