Senate Bill S1627

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the crimes of commercial bribery and larceny

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S1627 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5007
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§180.03, 180.08 & 155.00, Pen L; amd §20.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5222, A7913
2023-2024: S1130, A8041

2021-S1627 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the $250 economic harm requirement from the felony commercial bribery statutes; expands the crime of larceny to include theft of personal identifying information, computer data, computer programs, and services, to adapt to modern technological realities; provides state jurisdiction and county venue over cases involving larceny of personal identifying information, computer data, and computer programs, where the victim is located in the state or the county.

2021-S1627 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1627
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 crimes  of  commercial
   bribery  and  larceny;  and  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in
   relation to jurisdiction for personal  identifying  information  theft
   crimes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 180.03 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  577
 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
 § 180.03 Commercial bribing in the first degree.
   A  person  is guilty of commercial bribing in the first degree when he
 OR SHE confers, or offers or agrees to  confer,  any  benefit  upon  any
 employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employ-
 er or principal, with intent to influence his OR HER conduct in relation
 to  his  OR HER employer's or principal's affairs, and when the value of
 the benefit conferred or offered or agreed to be conferred  exceeds  one
 thousand  dollars [and causes economic harm to the employer or principal
 in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars].
   Commercial bribing in the first degree is a class E felony.
   § 2. Section 180.08 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 577 of the
 laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
 § 180.08 Commercial bribe receiving in the first degree.
   An employee, agent or fiduciary is guilty of commercial bribe  receiv-
 ing in the first degree when, without the consent of his OR HER employer
 or  principal, he OR SHE solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any bene-
 fit from another person upon an agreement  or  understanding  that  such
 benefit  will  influence  his  OR  HER conduct in relation to his OR HER
 employer's or principal's affairs, and when the  value  of  the  benefit
 solicited,  accepted  or  agreed  to  be  accepted  exceeds one thousand

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02088-01-1
              

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