BILL NUMBER: S112
SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
relation to establishing the crime of doxing a police officer, peace
officer, or state officer
 
PURPOSE:
This legislation establishes the criminal offense of doxing a police or
peace officer. Makes such offense a class D felony.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one establishes that when a person who knowingly makes
restricted personal information about a police or peace officer, or a
member of the immediate family of such officer, publicly available they
shall be guilty of the crime of doxing a police or peace officer.
Sections 2, 3 and 4 makes such criminal offense bail eligible. Section 5
establishes the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Members of law enforcement, in particular police and peace officers, are
entrusted with protecting the unalienable rights afforded to all of us
within the constitution. These dedicated public servants also take an
oath to uphold our laws, which has the potential to put such officers in
harms way. We owe it to our police and peace officers to provide them
with adequate protections so that they can perform their necessary
duties. This bill does just that.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: S.79A/A.1530 Referred to Codes/Referred to Codes
2021-22: S.3463/A.1281 Referred to Rules/Referred to Codes
2019-20: S.8822/A.10911 Referred to Rules/Referred to Codes
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.