Senate Bill S37

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the penalties for criminal impersonation in the first and second degrees

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S37 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2502
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง190.25 & 190.26, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2752
2013-2014: A3937
2015-2016: A1449
2017-2018: A2583
2019-2020: A1870
2021-2022: A1789
2023-2024: A4800

2009-S37 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalties for criminal impersonation in the first degree from a class E felony to a class D felony; increases the penalty for criminal impersonation in the second degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony.

2009-S37 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S37 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   37

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the penalties
  for criminal impersonation in the first and second degrees

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 190.25 of the penal law, the section heading, the
opening paragraph, subdivision 3 and the closing paragraph as amended by
chapter 27 of the laws of 1980, subdivision 4 as added by chapter 304 of
the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
S 190.25 Criminal impersonation in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when
he OR SHE:
  1. Impersonates another and does an act in such assumed character with
intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another; or
  2. Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization  and
does  an  act in such pretended capacity with intent to obtain a benefit
or to injure or defraud another; or
  3. (a) Pretends to be a public servant, or wears or  displays  without
authority  any  uniform,  badge,  insignia or facsimile thereof by which
such public servant is lawfully distinguished, or falsely  expresses  by
his  OR  HER  words  or actions that he OR SHE is a public servant or is
acting with approval or authority of a public agency or department;  and
(b)  so  acts  with intent to induce another to submit to such pretended
official authority, to solicit funds or to otherwise  cause  another  to
act in reliance upon that pretense.
  4.  Impersonates another by communication by internet website or elec-
tronic means with intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud anoth-
er, or by such communication pretends to be a public servant in order to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00919-01-9
              

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