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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1611: Provides that a person is guilty of harassment in the first degree if such person strikes, shoves, kicks, et cetera a school employee

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 1611 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides that a person is guilty of harassment in the first degree if such person strikes, shoves, kicks, et cetera a school employee. Primary sponsor: George Borrello (Republican/Conservative). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that a person is guilty of harassment in the first degree, a class B misdemeanor, when such person strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects a school employee to physical contact or attempts or threatens to do the same while such school employee is engaged in the performance of such person's duties as a school employee.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
George BorrelloPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source