2025-2026 General Assembly

S.03519

Redefines the term "following" for a crime of stalking in the fourth degree to include the use of certain devices or computers to gain access to, record, track or report the movement or location of a person or their property without the person's permission or authority to do so.

Chamber Passed·5/13/25

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Chamber Passed5/13/25

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Expands the definition of "following" in stalking crimes to include unauthorized tracking via devices or computers.

This bill amends the penal law to redefine the term "following" for a crime of stalking in the fourth degree. It includes unauthorized tracking of a person's movements or location through devices or computers without their permission. This change aims to address modern methods of stalking that involve technology.

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Last: Passed the Senate · 60–0 · Apr 1
Current: Codes Committee
Next: House floor vote

S.03519

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