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NY S08476

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Alexis Weik

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the existing crime of "aggravated harassment of a judge" to include elected officials and their immediate family members, covering threats of physical harm or property damage communicated by phone, computer, mail, or other means
  • Makes aggravated harassment of an elected official a class E felony, the same classification currently applied to judges
  • Adds a new category to criminal trespass in the first degree: knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully in a building where an elected official or their immediate family resides
  • Elevates trespassing at an elected official's residence to a class D felony, matching penalties for trespass involving weapons or explosives
  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Increases criminal penalties for aggravated harassment of an elected official and criminal trespass of an elected official's residence; provides that aggravated harassment of an elected official shall be a class E felony and criminal trespass of an elected official's residence shall be included in criminal trespass in the first degree and shall be a class D felony.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes1/7/2026
Rules8/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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