A 9061: Relates to creating the crime of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9061 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY September 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the crime of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault 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 240.34 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 240.34 Aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or 4 sexual assault. 5 A person is guilty of aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic 6 violence or sexual assault when such person commits the crime of aggra- 7 vated harassment in the second degree as defined by subdivision one of 8 section 240.30 of this article with a belief or perception that such 9 other person is the victim of or is a survivor of domestic violence or 10 sexual assault. 11 Aggravated harassment of a survivor of domestic violence or sexual 12 assault is a class E felony. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 14 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06487-01-5