New York A 679: Establishes the crime of coercive control

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A00679 Summary:

BILL NOA00679 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04079

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRRozic, Stirpe, Bores, Simon, Steck, Simone, Cruz, Novakhov, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §135.80, Pen L

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Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information; provides that coercive control is a class E felony.

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BILL NOA00679 

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01/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 679

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, ROZIC, STIRPE, BORES, SIMON, STECK,
 SIMONE, CRUZ, NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
 coercive control

 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 section 135.80 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 135.80 Coercive control.
 4 A person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a
 5 course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or
 6 household, as defined in section 530.11 of the criminal procedure law,
 7 without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting,
 8 in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or
 9 access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information.
 10 For the purposes of this section, lack of consent results from forcible
 11 compulsion, as defined in subdivision eight of section 130.00 of this
 12 title, or from fear that refusal to consent will result in further
 13 actions limiting or restricting the victim's behavior, movement, associ-
 14 ations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial
 15 information. This section shall not apply to actions taken pursuant to a
 16 legal arrangement granting one person power or authority over another
 17 person, including, but not limited to, power of attorney arrangements as
 18 defined in paragraph (j) of subdivision two of section 5-1501 of the
 19 general obligations law, guardians of the property or person as defined
 20 in subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 83.03 of the mental hygiene law,
 21 or parental control of a minor child.
 22 Coercive control is a class E felony.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01440-01-5

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