· NY legislature · 2025-2026

Relates to penalties for promotion of a suicide attempt

Provides that a person may be charged with promoting a suicide or manslaughter if such person is convicted of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, an incompetent or physically disabled person and the conduct was the proximate cause of the victim's suicide.

Sponsor

Didi Barrett (D-NY)

Introduced

2025-01-08

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

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