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| Mar 03, 2014 | referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Feb 27, 2014 | advanced to third reading |
| Feb 26, 2014 | 2nd report cal. |
| Feb 11, 2014 | 1st report cal.170 |
| Jan 08, 2014 | referred to higher education returned to senate died in assembly |
| Apr 29, 2013 | referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Apr 22, 2013 | advanced to third reading |
| Apr 17, 2013 | 2nd report cal. |
| Apr 16, 2013 | 1st report cal.321 |
| Jan 17, 2013 | referred to higher education |
senate Bill S2405
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Kenneth P. LaValle
(R) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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William J. Larkin, Jr.
(R, C) 0 Senate District
Toby Ann Stavisky
(D) 11th Senate District
S2405 (ACTIVE) - Details
S2405 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2405 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers PURPOSE: To extend the current prohibition against the sale of dissertations and term papers to papers provided through electronic media such as the Internet. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends Section 213b of the Education Law to add the phrase "either written or provided through electronic media" to prohibition against the sale or purchase of dissertations, theses, term papers, essays, reports or other educational assignments. EXISTING LAW: Extends the prohibition against the sale or purchase of term papers and these to documents provided for sale or purchase through electronic media such as the Internet. Students would still be able to access research information through this media but sale or purchase of a term paper, theses or dissertation would constitute a violation punishable, as in current law, by a fine of up to $1,000. JUSTIFICATION: Current new York State law bans the sale or purchase of dissertations and term papers but does not specifically indicate that papers obtained over the Internet or other electronic media would also be covered under the ban. This legislation would remove this ambiguity and would assure that students or others providing such
S2405 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 2405 A. 2612
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2013
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LARKIN, STAVISKY -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Higher Education
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, JAFFEE, HOOPER,
GALEF, ZEBROWSKI, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
LIFTON, MAISEL, MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the unlawful sale of
dissertations, theses and term papers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 213-b of the education law, as
added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
1. No person shall, for financial consideration, or the promise of
financial consideration, prepare, offer to prepare, cause to be
prepared, sell or offer for sale to any person any [written] material
EITHER WRITTEN OR PROVIDED THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEDIA which the seller
knows, is informed or has reason to believe is intended for submission
as a dissertation, thesis, term paper, essay, report or other [written]
assignment by a student in a university, college, academy, school or
other educational institution to such institution or to a course, semi-
nar or degree program held by such institution.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03786-01-3
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