Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A953
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
KELLNER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Ellen C. Jaffee
Al Graf
Michael G. Miller
Aileen Gunther
multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
Sandy Galef
Andrew Goodell
Margaret Markey
2013-A953 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §190.87, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A6238
2013-A953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 953 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER, JAFFEE, GRAF, MILLER, GUNTHER, WEPRIN, GABRYSZAK, ROBINSON, MAISEL, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GALEF, GIBSON, GOODELL, MARKEY, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting the digital impersonation prevention act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "digital impersonation prevention act". S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.87 to read as follows: S 190.87 DIGITAL IMPERSONATION. 1. (A) A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DIGITAL IMPERSONATION WHEN HE OR SHE, KNOWINGLY, WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD AND WITHOUT CONSENT, CREDIBLY IMPERSO- NATES ANOTHER ACTUAL PERSON THROUGH OR ON AN INTERNET WEB SITE OR BY OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR PURPOSES OF: (I) HARMING, INTIMIDATING, THREATENING OR DEFRAUDING ANOTHER PERSON; (II) TRANSMITTING UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL SOLICITATIONS OR UNSOLICITED BULK MESSAGES; OR (III) COPYING, ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING OR UTILIZING A CONTACT LIST. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN IMPERSONATION IS CREDIBLE IF ANOTHER PERSON WOULD REASONABLY BELIEVE, OR DID REASONABLY BELIEVE, THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS OR IS THE PERSON WHO WAS IMPERSONATED. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ELECTRONIC MEANS" SHALL INCLUDE CREATING OR OPENING AN E-MAIL ACCOUNT OR AN ACCOUNT OR PROFILE ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING INTERNET WEB SITE IN ANOTHER PERSON'S NAME; OR ACCESS- ING ANOTHER PERSON'S PRE-EXISTING E-MAIL ACCOUNT OR AN ACCOUNT OR PROFILE ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING INTERNET WEB SITE; OR ALTERING OR CHANG- ING THE PROPERTIES OF AN E-MAIL, OR E-MAIL HEADER, TO APPEAR AS THOUGH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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