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NY S03090

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Ortt

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Penal Law section 240.32 to add saliva to the list of bodily fluids covered under aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual

  • Removes the requirement that the incarcerated individual must cause contact "by throwing, tossing or expelling" the fluid or material, broadening the offense to cover any method of causing contact

  • Applies to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities, local correctional facilities, hospitals, and juveniles in secure facilities operated by the Office of Children and Family Services

  • Protects employees of correctional facilities, the Board of Parole, Office of Mental Health, probation departments, and police officers

  • Offense remains classified as a class E felony

Legislative Description

Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; eliminates the requirement that an incarcerated individual causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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