New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
S 4079: Establishes the crime of coercive control
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
S 4079 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the crime of coercive control. Primary sponsor: Kevin Parker (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information; provides that coercive control is a class E felony.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican/Conservative 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Parker | Primary sponsor | Democratic/Working Families | Senate | 21 |
| Joe Addabbo | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 15 |
| Nathalia Fernández | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 34 |
| Brad Hoylman-Sigal | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Robert Jackson | Co-sponsor | Democratic/Working Families | Senate | 31 |
| Dean Murray | Co-sponsor | Republican/Conservative | Senate | 3 |
| Jessica Ramos | Co-sponsor | Democratic/Working Families | Senate | 13 |
| Jessica Scarcella-Spanton | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 23 |
| Luis Sepúlveda | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 32 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- REFERRED TO CODES
- REFERRED TO CODES