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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Senate Bill S537
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 6th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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
(D) 14th Senate District
2023-S537 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§240.60 & 175.10, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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2023-S537 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S537 SPONSOR: THOMAS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to falsely reporting an inci- dent and falsifying business records by law enforcement officers PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To increase penalties for police officers who falsely report an incident or falsify business records from a misdemeanor to a felony. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends section 240.60 of the penal law to state that when a police officer commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, knowing that the information reported is false or baseless, then it is a class D felony. Section two of the bill amends section 175.10 of the penal law to state that when a police officer commits the crime of falsifying business
2023-S537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 537 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. THOMAS, COMRIE -- 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 falsely reporting an inci- dent and falsifying business records by law enforcement officers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 240.60 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 528 of the laws of 1995, subdivision 5 as added by chapter 561 of the laws of 1999, subdivision 6 and the closing paragraph as amended by chapter 301 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: § 240.60 Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree. A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the first degree when he OR SHE: 1. commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree as defined in section 240.55 of this article, and has previously been convicted of that crime; or 2. commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree as defined in subdivisions one and two of section 240.50 of this article or falsely reporting an incident in the second degree as defined in subdivisions one and two of section 240.55 of this article and anoth- er person who is an employee or member of any official or quasi-official agency having the function of dealing with emergencies involving danger to life or property; or who is a volunteer firefighter with a fire department, fire company, or any unit thereof as defined in the volun- teer firefighters' benefit law; or who is a volunteer ambulance worker with a volunteer ambulance corporation or any unit thereof as defined in the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law suffers serious physical injury or is killed in the performance of his or her official duties in traveling to or working at or returning to a firehouse, police station, quarters or other base facility from the location identified in such report; or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01891-01-3
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