| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes |
| Oct 23, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6794
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R, C) 44th Senate District
2019-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6794
SPONSOR: JORDAN
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to making
the theft of a package intentionally taken from a porch, driveway, door-
way or other area adjacent to the residence of another following deliv-
ery of the package to such residence by the postal service or a commer-
cial carrier a felony
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Amends section 155.30 of the penal law to add subdivision 5-a
to allow that the property that consists of a package, regardless of its
nature and value of such package, which is intentionally taken from a
porch, driveway, doorway or other area adjacent to the residence of
another following delivery of the package to such residence by the
postal service or a commercial carrier, to be a felony.
Section 2 sets forth the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
2019-S6794 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6794
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
October 23, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making the theft of a
package intentionally taken from a porch, driveway, doorway or other
area adjacent to the residence of another following delivery of the
package to such residence by the postal service or a commercial carri-
er a felony
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
5-A. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A PACKAGE, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE AND
VALUE OF SUCH PACKAGE, WHICH IS INTENTIONALLY TAKEN FROM A PORCH,
DRIVEWAY, DOORWAY OR OTHER AREA ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENCE OF ANOTHER
FOLLOWING DELIVERY OF THE PACKAGE TO SUCH RESIDENCE BY THE POSTAL
SERVICE OR A COMMERCIAL CARRIER; OR
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13532-02-9
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