New York A 6926: Includes nonconsensual use of bodily fluids and matter in harassment in the first degree and aggravated harassment in the first degree and strikes, shoves and kicks in aggravated harassment in the first degree

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A06926 Summary:

BILL NOA06926 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMolitor

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COSPNSRGallahan, Smullen, DeStefano, Angelino, Blankenbush, Manktelow, Ra, Giglio, Bailey

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§240.25 & 240.31, Pen L; amd §§621 & 631, Exec L

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Includes nonconsensual use of bodily fluids and matter in harassment in the first degree and aggravated harassment in the first degree; includes strikes, shoves and kicks in aggravated harassment in the first degree.

Go to top A06926 Actions:

BILL NOA06926 

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03/18/2025referred to codes

05/13/2025held for consideration in codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

Go to topA06926 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 topA06926 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA06926 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6926

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the executive law, in relation to
 including nonconsensual use of bodily fluids and matter in harassment
 in the first degree and aggravated harassment in the first degree and
 including strikes, shoves and kicks in aggravated harassment 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 240.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 109
 2 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 240.25 Harassment in the first degree.
 4 A person is guilty of harassment in the first degree when:
 5 [he or she] 1. such person intentionally and repeatedly harasses
 6 another person by following such person in or about a public place or
 7 places or by engaging in a course of conduct or by repeatedly committing
 8 acts which places such person in reasonable fear of physical injury.
 9 This [section] subdivision shall not apply to activities regulated by
 10 the national labor relations act, as amended, the railway labor act, as
 11 amended, or the federal employment labor management act, as amended; or
 12 2. such person knowingly throws, tosses, spits, wipes, expels or
 13 transfers onto another person, without such other person's consent,
 14 human or animal bodily fluids or matter, such as, but not limited to,
 15 urine, blood, saliva, phlegm, seminal fluid, or feces, or the contents
 16 of a toilet bowl.
 17 Harassment in the first degree is a class B misdemeanor.
 18 § 2. Section 240.31 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 49 of the
 19 laws of 2006, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 8 of the laws
 20 of 2019, subdivisions 3 and 4 as amended and subdivision 5 as added by
 21 chapter 74 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 22 § 240.31 Aggravated harassment in the first degree.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09576-02-5

 A. 6926 2

 1 A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the first degree when
 2 [with]:
 3 1. With intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person,
 4 because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color,
 5 national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, reli-
 6 gion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation, regard-
 7 less of whether the belief or perception is correct, [he or she] such
 8 person:
 9 [1.] (a) Damages premises primarily used for religious purposes, or
 10 acquired pursuant to section six of the religious corporation law and
 11 maintained for purposes of religious instruction, and the damage to the
 12 premises exceeds fifty dollars; or
 13 [2.] (b) Commits the crime of aggravated harassment in the second
 14 degree in the manner proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three
 15 of section 240.30 of this article and has been previously con