Senate Bill S2730

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to computer-related crimes

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-S2730 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pen L, generally; amd §6430, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7382
2017-2018: S4670
2019-2020: S2475
2021-2022: S5186

2023-S2730 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to computer-related crimes; creates the crimes unlawful disruption of computer services in the first and second degree, unlawful computer access assistance in the first and second degree, unauthorized use of internet domain name or profile, and unlawful introduction of a computer contaminant; allows for a civil action for compensatory damages for victims of such crimes.

2023-S2730 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2730
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the  education  law,  in  relation  to
   computer-related crimes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 156.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  558
 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 § 156.00 Offenses involving computers; definition of terms.
   The  following definitions are applicable to this chapter except where
 different meanings are expressly specified:
   1. "Computer" means a device or group of  devices  which,  by  manipu-
 lation  of  electronic,  magnetic,  optical or electrochemical impulses,
 pursuant to a computer program, can  automatically  perform  arithmetic,
 logical,  storage  or retrieval operations with or on computer data, and
 includes any connected or directly related device, equipment or facility
 which enables such computer to store, retrieve or communicate to or from
 a person, another computer or another device  the  results  of  computer
 operations, computer programs or computer data.
   2.  "Computer  program"  is  property and means an ordered set of data
 representing coded instructions or statements  that,  when  executed  by
 computer,  cause  the  computer,  COMPUTER SYSTEM OR COMPUTER NETWORK to
 process data or direct the computer, COMPUTER SYSTEM OR COMPUTER NETWORK
 to perform one or more computer operations or both and  may  be  in  any
 form,  including magnetic storage media, punched cards, or stored inter-
 nally in the memory of the computer.
   3. "Computer data" is property and means a representation of  informa-
 tion,  knowledge,  facts, concepts or instructions which are being proc-
 essed, or have been processed in a computer and  may  be  in  any  form,
 including magnetic storage media, punched cards, or stored internally in
 the memory of the computer.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05954-01-3
              

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