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Mar 05, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A10125
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TITONE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Vanessa Gibson
Felix Ortiz
Nelson Castro
Susan John
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
James Bacalles
William A. Barclay
William Boyland
2009-A10125 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6226
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง240.49, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A5269, S2937
2013-2014: A3874, S4156
2015-2016: A2885, S3491
2017-2018: A6634, S2630
2019-2020: A3857, S400
2021-2022: S5609
2023-2024: S4280
2009-A10125 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10125 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to dissem- ination of false information about a missing child PURPOSE: To establish a class E felony of dissemination of false miss- ing child information. SUMMARY PROVISIONS: Section one adds a new section 240.49 to the penal law, dissemination of false missing child information. JUSTIFICATION: Across the United States there have been numerous false Amber Alerts being sent out via e-mail and text message. These false alerts prompt concerned citizens to contact law enforcement agencies who find out from authorities that such alerts are fake. These false alerts can have negative affect on public awareness and diminish such awareness when an official Amber Alert is issue by authorities. These false alerts, which are spread by electronic means (i.e. e-mail, text message, Facebook, and Twitter), only diminish the effectiveness of a authentic and genuine Amber Alert. Legislation is needed in New York to prevent someone from disseminating false alerts to the public. This bill would make it a class E felony for someone who knowingly and falsely gener- ates, by electronic or any other means, information that would make the public believe that an official alert has bee issued on a child that has been abducted or kidnapped. Currently, all official Amber Alerts are initially broadcasted through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and if
2009-A10125 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10125 I N A S S E M B L Y March 5, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to dissemination of false information about a missing child 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 240.49 to read as follows: S 240.49 DISSEMINATION OF FALSE MISSING CHILD INFORMATION. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DISSEMINATION OF FALSE MISSING CHILD INFORMATION WHEN, KNOWING THE INFORMATION HE OR SHE REPORTED, CONVEYED, CIRCULATED OR DISSEMINATED IS FALSE OR BASELESS, HE OR SHE STATES OR REPORTS, BY ANY MEANS, THAT A CHILD IS A MISSING CHILD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-E OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. DISSEMINATION OF FALSE MISSING CHILD INFORMATION IS A CLASS E FELONY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14874-02-9
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