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Curtails transmission of unsolicited electronic mail over public computer networks
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Vivian Cook
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BILL NUMBER:S8098
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment of an individual through electronic mail
Purpose
The bill seeks to curtail the transmission of unsolicited electronic mail over public computer networks.
Summary of provisions
The bill would create a new subdivision 1-a of section 240.30 of the penal law to make it a class A misdemeanor to send unsolicited electronic mail over a computer network that provides no purpose of legitimate communication and no information to allow a direct reply from the recipient to the sender.
Justification
Current law already criminalizes harassment over the telephone and through the mail. Harassment through e-mail can and often is just as annoying and alarming to the recipient as written or telephonic communication. Unsolicited electronic mail that disguises its origination, or otherwise fails to disclose its true origination and authorship, has become a prevalent medium of electronic communication. The failure of this type of e-mail to allow the recipient to respond directly to the sender and communicate the recipient's annoyance or alarm has shielded the sender from accountability and facilitated the exponential growth of this annoying method of communication.
Legislative history
2007-08: S.4104/A.3479 2005-06: S.1005/A.3715 2003-04: S.648/A.853 2001-02: S.6477/A.9963
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Effective date
The act would take effect the first of November next succeeding enactment.
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