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Home/Bills/S 2103New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 2103: Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of a police officer where a person causes such police officer to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl, by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 12, 2026

What S 2103 does, verified January 12, 2026

The bill aims to enhance penalties for individuals who intentionally harass or threaten police officers. A person is guilty of aggravated harassment when they intentionally cause or attempt to cause a police officer to come into contact with bodily fluids, such as blood, semen, or urine, by throwing or expelling them. The offense is considered a class E felony. The law defines a police officer as anyone who is authorized to enforce laws, as per the Criminal Procedure Law. The new law takes effect immediately, increasing penalties for such behavior.

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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 15, 2025REFERRED TO CODES
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 248 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2103 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 aggravated harassment of 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 240.34 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 240.34 Aggravated harassment of a police officer. 4 A person is guilty of aggravated harassment of a police officer when, 5 with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a person whom such 6 person knows or reasonably should know to be a police officer, such 7 person causes or attempts to cause such police officer to come into 8 contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a 9 toilet bowl, by throwing, tossing or expelling such such fluid or mate- 10 rial. 11 The term "police officer" shall mean a police officer as defined in 12 subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law. 13 Aggravated harassment of a police officer is a class E felony. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03075-01-5 
Text of S 2103 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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