Assembly Actions -
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Jun 06, 2016 |
reported and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 18, 2015 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1804 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S750
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2015-S750 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S750 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S750 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor PURPOSE: This bill designates criminal impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor as a class A misdemeanor. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 190.25 of the penal law is amended to expand the definition of second degree criminal impersonation to include the impersonation of a specially licensed disabled veteran vendor. JUSTIFICATION: Those who impersonate disabled veteran vendors in order to illegally vend are guilty of a shameful, deceitful, and very harmful crime. Impersonators cause harm to real disabled veteran vendors by stealing business that is not rightfully theirs and by duping the buying public into believing that they are supporting a disabled veteran through their purchase. Making impersonation of a veteran vendor a class A
2015-S750 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 750 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, KRUEGER, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veter- ans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor 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, open- ing paragraph, subdivision 3 and 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[.]; OR 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.
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