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NY S 1751

in committee

Relates to penalties for certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating a victim or witness

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1751 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1751 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 1751 about?

Increases the penalties for certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating a victim or witness; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the third degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree to class D felonies; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the second degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree to class C felonies.

Who sponsors NY S 1751?

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is the primary sponsor of NY S 1751, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Increases the penalties for certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating a victim or witness; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the third degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree to class D felonies; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the second degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree to class C felonies.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrickprimary
  • Peter Oberackercosponsor
  • Steve Rhoadscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7451not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7320not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1751?summary=&detail=

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