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NY S04079
Bill
Status
1/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Parker
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AI Summary
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Creates a new crime of "coercive control" under Penal Law section 135.80, classified as a Class E felony
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Prohibits engaging in a course of conduct against a family or household member that limits or restricts the victim's behavior, movement, associations, or access to their own finances without consent
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Defines lack of consent as resulting from forcible compulsion or fear that refusal will lead to further restrictions on the victim's behavior, movement, associations, or financial access
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Exempts actions taken under legal arrangements including power of attorney, legal guardianship, or parental control of a minor child
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Applies to family or household members as defined in section 530.11 of the criminal procedure law
Legislative Description
Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information; provides that coercive control is a class E felony.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026