Assembly Actions -
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Jun 07, 2016 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 06, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.1432 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 18, 2015 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 01, 2015 |
ordered to third reading cal.1167 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 10, 2015 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3490
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th 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
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2015-S3490 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S3490 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3490 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime PURPOSE: Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime. Makes such accusations a Class E Felony. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one adds a new section 240.49 to the penal law. Section two is an effective date of November 1. JUSTIFICATION: This bill creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime. It would make it a Class E Felony to falsely accuse someone of a crime that they did not commit. To protect the rights innocent citizens, the state must protect them from those who seek to falsely accuse someone of a crime under the penal law. For example, in the recent highly publicized Duke University rape case, all criminal charges were dropped after a exotic dancer accused three students of sexual assault, kidnapping and other charges which were investigated to be false. The state's Attorney General announced after a thorough review and investigation there was insufficient evidence to proceed on any of the charges. There was also a rush to judgment and a failure to verify the allegations that would have imprisoned the accused for a long time. There were significant inconsistencies of evidence and the
2015-S3490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3490 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 10, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.49 to read as follows: S 240.49 FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME WHEN HE OR SHE SIGNS AND SUBMITS AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT WITH A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DOES SO KNOWING THE CONTENT OF THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT IS FALSE. FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME IS A CLASS E FELONY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01573-01-5
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