NY State Senate Bill 2013-S129

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Jun 02, 2014	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate
May 28, 2014	advanced to third reading
May 21, 2014	2nd report cal.
May 20, 2014	1st report cal.893
Jan 08, 2014	referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 21, 2013	referred to codes
Jun 20, 2013	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1474 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 09, 2013	referred to codes

Votes

- Jun 2, 2014 - Floor Vote
  S129
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 2, 2014
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      excused (2)
      
      Espaillat
      
      Smith
  Jun 20, 2013 - Floor Vote
  S129
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2013
      
      aye (63)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
  Jun 20, 2013 - Rules Committee Vote
  S129
  
  24
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 20, 2013
      
      aye (24)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Nozzolio
  May 20, 2014 - Codes Committee Vote
  S129
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Codes Committee Vote: May 20, 2014
      
      aye (16)
      
      Avella
      
      Boyle
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Espaillat
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Perkins
      
      Squadron

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§170.00 - 170.15, 170.25 & 170.30, add §170.26, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6292
2015-2016: S1250
2017-2018: S463

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of forged instruments; includes the sale and manufacture of government issued documents in the class C felony of forgery in the first degree.

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S129

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to forged instruments and the sale
thereof

PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
Prohibits the sale of forged instruments and includes the sale and
manufacture of government issued documents in class C felony of
forgery in the first degree.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF BILL:
Section 1 amends penal law § 170.00 by adding new subdivision 9
defining the term sell.

Section 2 amends penal law § 170.05, forgery in the third degree, an A
misdemeanor, to include the sale of a forged instrument.

Section 3 amends penal law § 170.10, forgery in the second degree, a D
Felony, to include the sale of a forged instrument and removes
government documents from the list of second degree forgeries.

Section 4 amends penal law § 170.15, forgery in the first degree, a C
felony, to include the sale of a forged instrument and includes
government documents within the list of first degree forgeries.

Section 5 adds penal law § 170.26 creating a presumption that a person
who possesses two or more forged government documents depicting a
person other than himself intends to sell said forged documents.

Sections 6 and 7 clarify that possession of a forged government
document remains a second degree crime, punishable as a D felony.

Section 8 establishes the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
The manufacture and sale of forged government documents ("Fake IDs")
facilitate a broad array of serious harms locally, statewide and on a
national level. These include relatively minor but socially damaging
harms like public nuisance and quality of life violations, as well as
indisputably grave ills such as identity theft and fraud, increased
alcohol related fatalities among minors, and the evasion of detection
by sex offenders, drunken drivers, and aliens with violent criminal
records. Fake IDs have even played critical roles in a number of
terrorist plots, some of which have been thwarted, others of which
have ended in tragedy.

Over the past several years, multiple media outlets have published
reports on the open sale of Fake IDs on the street comers of
Roosevelt Avenue, right in the heart of my district. This sort of
open lawlessness is what prevents Roosevelt A venue from realizing
its potential as a thriving commercial area. Just recently, a group
of Fake ID manufacturers and sellers based in lower
Manhattan were charged with using forged government documents to
misappropriate the identities of more than 180 New Yorkers and steal


in excess of $1 million. In 2009, 45 New York minors died while driving
drunk and another 279 were arrested for DUIs. Many, if not most, of
those minors purchased alcohol using Fake IDs. Most chillingly, in
the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks it was discovered that all 19
hijackers had fraudulently obtained or fake Social Security numbers
and 18 of the 19 possessed fraudulently obtained or phony driver's
licenses or motor vehicle ID cards. There is no end to these stories.

Although New York law enforcement officers and prosecutors have done a
remarkable job combating the manufacture and sale of Fake IDs,
notably through prolonged undercover investigations, the current Fake
ID laws contain a number of gaps that we as lawmakers should feel
obligated to close. This legislation will close those gaps.

This bill will deter street-comer ID peddlers by explicitly making it
a crime to sell or offer for sale forged government documents,
raising the quality of life in places like Roosevelt Avenue. It also
makes it clear for the first time that the sale of any forged
instrument is an equivalent crime to the forgery of the same
instrument. In recognition of the unique dangers posed by Fake IDs
this bill raises the penalty for the sale or manufacture of a forged
government document from a D felony to a C felony. However, the bill
also brings the prohibition against forged government documents into
line with other contraband laws such as those regulating narcotics,
by making it a lesser crime to possess a fake ID than to sell or
manufacture one. Finally, the bill creates a presumption that a
person who possesses two or more Fake IDs depicting a person other
than the possessor intends to sell said IDs and may be charged as
such. With these gaps filled, New York law enforcement and
prosecutors will have the tools they need to improve upon their
already commendable track record in the fight against Fake IDs.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12: S.6292

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None noted.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   129

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- 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 forged instruments and the
  sale thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 170.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. "SELL" MEANS TO SELL, EXCHANGE, GIVE OR DISPOSE OF TO  ANOTHER,  OR
OFFER OR AGREE TO DO THE SAME.
  S 2. Section 170.05 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
S 170.05 Forgery in the third degree.
  A person is guilty of forgery in the third degree when[, with]:
  1. WITH intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, he OR SHE false-
ly makes, completes or alters a written instrument[.]; OR
  2.  WITH  KNOWLEDGE  THAT  IT  IS  FORGED  AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD,
DECEIVE OR INJURE ANOTHER, HE OR SHE SELLS A FORGED INSTRUMENT.
  Forgery in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
  S 3. Section 170.10 of the penal law,  subdivision  1  as  amended  by
chapter 949 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
S 170.10 Forgery in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of forgery in the second degree when[, with]:
  1. WITH intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, he OR SHE false-
ly  makes, completes or alters a written instrument which is or purports
to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed:
  [1.] (A) A  deed,  will,  codicil,  contract,  assignment,  commercial
instrument, credit card, as that term is defined in subdivision seven of
section  155.00, or other instrument which does or may evidence, create,
transfer, terminate or otherwise affect a legal right,  interest,  obli-
gation or status; or

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

                                                           LBD00322-01-3

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  [2.]  (B)  A  public  record,  or  an  instrument filed or required or
authorized by law to be filed in or with a public office or public serv-
ant; or
  [3.  A  written  instrument  officially  issued or created by a public
office, public servant or governmental instrumentality; or
  4.] (C) Part of an issue of tokens, public  transportation  transfers,
certificates  or  other  articles  manufactured  and designed for use as
symbols of value usable in place of money for the purchase  of  property
or services; or
  [5.]  (D)  A prescription of a duly licensed physician or other person
authorized to issue the same for any drug or any  instrument  or  device
used in the taking or administering of drugs for which a prescription is
required by law[.]; OR
  2.  WITH  KNOWLEDGE  THAT  IT  IS  FORGED  AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD,
DECEIVE OR INJURE ANOTHER, HE OR SHE SELLS ANY FORGED  INSTRUMENT  OF  A
KIND SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  Forgery in the second degree is a class D felony.
  S 4. Section 170.15 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
S 170.15 Forgery in the first degree.
  A person is guilty of forgery in the first degree when[, with]:
  1.  WITH  intent  to  defraud,  deceive or injure another, he   OR SHE
falsely makes, completes or alters a  written  instrument  which  is  or
purports  to  be,  or  which  is calculated to become or to represent if
completed:
  [1.] (A) Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities or other  valu-
able instruments issued by a government or governmental instrumentality;
or
  [2.] (B) Part of an issue of stock, bonds or other instruments repres-
enting  interests in or claims against a corporate or other organization
or its property[.]; OR
  (C) A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT OFFICIALLY ISSUED  OR  CREATED  BY  A  PUBLIC
OFFICE, PUBLIC SERVANT OR GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITY; OR
  2.  WITH  KNOWLEDGE  THAT  IT  IS  FORGED  AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD,
DECEIVE OR INJURE ANOTHER, HE OR SHE SELLS ANY FORGED  INSTRUMENT  OF  A
KIND SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  Forgery in the first degree is a class C felony.
  S  5.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 170.26 to read
as follows:
S 170.26 CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT; PRESUMPTION.
  A PERSON WHO POSSESSES TWO OR MORE FORGED INSTRUMENTS OF A KIND SPECI-
FIED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 170.15,  IDENTIFYING
ANOTHER  PERSON  OR  PERSONS,  WITH  KNOWLEDGE THAT SUCH INSTRUMENTS ARE
FORGED AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD, DECEIVE OR INJURE ANOTHER,  SHALL  BE
PRESUMED  TO POSSESS SUCH FORGED INSTRUMENTS WITH INTENT TO SELL THEM IN
VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 170.15 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 6. Section 170.25 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
S 170.25 Criminal possession  of  a  forged  instrument  in  the  second
           degree.
  A  person  is  guilty of criminal possession of a forged instrument in
the second degree when, with knowledge that it is forged and with intent
to defraud, deceive or injure another, he OR SHE utters or possesses any
forged instrument of a kind specified  in  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  section
170.10 OR PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 170.15.
  Criminal  possession  of a forged instrument in the second degree is a
class D felony.
  S 7. Section 170.30 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:

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S 170.30 Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree.
  A  person  is  guilty of criminal possession of a forged instrument in
the first degree when, with knowledge that it is forged and with  intent
to defraud, deceive or injure another, he OR SHE utters or possesses any
forged  instrument of a kind specified in PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B) OF SUBDI-
VISION ONE OF section 170.15.
  Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first  degree  is  a
class C felony.
  S 8. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S129

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Jun 2, 2014 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 2, 2014

Jun 20, 2013 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2013

Jun 20, 2013 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 20, 2013

May 20, 2014 - Codes Committee Vote

Codes Committee Vote: May 20, 2014

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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