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Mar 05, 2014 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 11, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 10, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 04, 2014 |
1st report cal.133 |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 06, 2013 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 05, 2013 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 04, 2013 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 28, 2013 |
1st report cal.124 |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1590
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S1590 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S1590 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1590 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of concealment of a death PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To establish the crime of concealment of a death. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one identifies this law as "Amanda Lynn's Law." Section two provides that a person is guilty of concealment of a death when he or she knowingly moves or otherwise conceals a human corpse so that discovery of the death of such person will be hindered. Concealment of a death is a class D felony. Section three provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Current law regulates the manner in which funeral directors, medical professionals and cemeteries can dispose of a human body and/or its remains. Disposal of a dead body without the authority of a burial or removal permit is a misdemeanor. This is inadequate to address
2013-S1590 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1590 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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 establishing the crime of concealment of a death 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 "Amanda Lynn's Law". S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.18 to read as follows: S 190.18 CONCEALMENT OF A DEATH. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CONCEALMENT OF A DEATH WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY MOVES OR OTHERWISE CONCEALS A HUMAN CORPSE SO THAT DISCOVERY OF THE DEATH OF SUCH PERSON WILL BE HINDERED. CONCEALMENT OF A DEATH IS A CLASS D FELONY. S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04716-01-3
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