New York A 5756: Relates to first responders coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual

Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 5756

Sponsors: Marianne Buttenschon, Amanda Septimo, Angelo Santabarbara, Billy Jones, Chris Burdick, Christopher Eachus, Jaime R. Williams, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Joe Angelino, Joe DeStefano, Judy Griffin, Kalman Yeger, Kwani O'Pharrow, Nader Sayegh, Patrick Burke, Patrick J. Carroll, Phil Steck, Rebecca Kassay, Sam Berger, Stacey Pheffer Amato, Steve Stern, William Colton

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A05756 Summary:

BILL NOA05756 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04777

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SPONSORButtenschon

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COSPNSREachus, Angelino, DeStefano, Stern, Dinowitz, Burke, Jones, Septimo, Sayegh, Colton, Williams,
 Steck, Santabarbara, Carroll P, Yeger, Berger, Burdick, Griffin, Pheffer Amato, Kassay, O'Pharrow

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §240.30, Pen L

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Relates to first responders, including correction officers, coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual.

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BILL NOA05756 

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02/20/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5756

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, EACHUS, ANGELINO, DeSTEFANO, STERN,
 DINOWITZ, BURKE, JONES, SEPTIMO, SAYEGH, COLTON, WILLIAMS, STECK,
 SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to first responders coming
 into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing or expelling
 from or by an individual

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 240.30 of the penal law is renum-
 2 bered subdivision 6 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
 3 5. With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person
 4 whom the actor knows or reasonably should know to be a first responder,
 5 including but not limited to correction officers, such actor causes or
 6 attempts to cause such first responder to come into contact with saliva
 7 by spitting, throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid; or
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09554-01-5

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