Senate Bill S390

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to making false statements to district attorneys, assistant district attorneys or district attorney investigators

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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-S390 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §195.25, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7540
2017-2018: S12
2019-2020: S2371

2021-S390 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to making false statements to district attorneys, assistant district attorneys or district attorney investigators.

2021-S390 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S390 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    390
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 making false statements to
   district attorneys, assistant district attorneys or district  attorney
   investigators in this state

   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 195.25  to
 read as follows:
 § 195.25 MAKING  A  FALSE  STATEMENT  TO A DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR DISTRICT
            ATTORNEY INVESTIGATOR.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO A DISTRICT ATTOR-
 NEY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATOR WHEN, IN  COMMUNICATING  WITH  ANY
 DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 INVESTIGATOR OF ANY COUNTY OF THIS STATE WHO IS INVESTIGATING A QUALIFY-
 ING CRIME OR ALLEGED QUALIFYING CRIME, AND WHERE THE DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,
 ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATOR HAS PREVI-
 OUSLY  RECORDED  OR OTHERWISE DOCUMENTED THE OFFICE'S INTENT TO INVESTI-
 GATE THE CASE AS A QUALIFYING CRIME OR ALLEGED QUALIFYING CRIME,  HE  OR
 SHE  IS WARNED BY SUCH DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATOR THAT  FALSE  STATEMENTS  ARE  SUBJECT  TO
 CRIMINAL PENALTIES, AND HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY:
   (A)  FALSIFIES, CONCEALS, OR COVERS UP BY ANY TRICK, SCHEME, OR DEVICE
 A MATERIAL FACT;
   (B) MAKES ANY MATERIALLY FALSE, FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENT OR
 REPRESENTATION; OR
   (C) MAKES OR USES ANY FALSE WRITING OR DOCUMENT KNOWING  THE  SAME  TO
 CONTAIN  ANY  MATERIALLY  FALSE,  FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENT OR
 ENTRY.

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

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