New York S 3119: Establishes the crime of inciting violence against a police officer

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

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 3119

Sponsors: Pamela Helming, Peter Oberacker

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S03119 Summary:

BILL NOS03119 

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SPONSORHELMING

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Add §240.12, Pen L

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Relates to inciting violence against a police officer.

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3119

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to inciting violence against
 a police officer

 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 240.12 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 240.12 Inciting violence against a police officer.
 4 A person is guilty of inciting violence against a police officer when,
 5 with the intention of inciting or producing imminent violence against a
 6 police officer, such person advocates violence against one or more
 7 police officers that is likely to incite or produce such violence.
 8 Inciting violence against a police officer is a class D felony.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 10 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07199-01-5

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