senate Bill S3402

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes criminal offenses for the theft and unlawful possession of a blank official New York state prescription form

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 08, 2016 referred to codes
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 07, 2016 advanced to third reading
Mar 02, 2016 2nd report cal.
Mar 01, 2016 1st report cal.304
Jan 06, 2016 referred to codes
returned to senate
died in assembly
May 12, 2015 referred to codes
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 12, 2015 advanced to third reading
Mar 11, 2015 2nd report cal.
Mar 10, 2015 1st report cal.227
Feb 06, 2015 referred to codes

Votes

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Mar 1, 2016 - Codes committee Vote

S3402
13
0
committee
13
Aye
0
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Codes Committee Vote: Mar 1, 2016

aye wr (2)
excused (1)

Mar 10, 2015 - Codes committee Vote

S3402
14
0
committee
14
Aye
0
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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S3402 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4824
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§155.30 & 165.45, add §220.67, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6743, A10742
2013-2014: S2940, A3744
2017-2018: S2250, A6753

S3402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes within the class D felony of grand larceny in the fourth degree, the theft of a blank official New York state prescription form; includes within the class D felony of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, the possession of a stolen blank official New York state prescription form; establishes the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a prescription form, for the unlawful possession of a blank official New York state prescription form.

S3402 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3402

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 6, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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  theft  and  unlawful
  possession of a blank official New York state prescription form

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 9, 10 and 11 of section 155.30  of  the  penal
law, subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2010, subdi-
vision 10 as added by chapter 491 of the laws of 1992 and subdivision 11
as  added  by  chapter  394  of  the laws of 2005, are amended and a new
subdivision 12 is added to read as follows:
  9. The property consists of a scroll, religious vestment, a vessel, an
item comprising a display of religious symbols which forms  a  represen-
tative  expression  of  faith,  or  other miscellaneous item of property
which:
  (a) has a value of at least one hundred dollars; and
  (b) is kept for or used in connection with religious  worship  in  any
building,  structure or upon the curtilage of such building or structure
used as a place of religious worship  by  a  religious  corporation,  as
incorporated  under  the  religious  corporations  law  or the education
law[.]; OR
  10. The property consists of an access device which the person intends
to use unlawfully to obtain telephone service[.]; OR
  11. The property consists of anhydrous ammonia  or  liquified  ammonia
gas  and  the  actor  intends to use, or knows another person intends to
use, such anhydrous ammonia or  liquified  ammonia  gas  to  manufacture
methamphetamine[.]; OR
  12.  THE  PROPERTY  CONSISTS  OF  A  BLANK  OFFICIAL  NEW  YORK  STATE
PRESCRIPTION FORM, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08700-01-5

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