Add §§190.28 & 190.29, Pen L; add §399-ppp, Gen Bus L
Establishes the crimes of criminal electronic impersonation and aggravated criminal electronic impersonation; requires certain voice-over internet, call-routing and electronic communication services to preserve certain call routing and originating connection records and to provide such records to law enforcement upon request.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10501
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law and the general business law, in relation
to criminal impersonation by electronic communication and emergency
disclosure of caller identification routing information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.28 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 190.28 Criminal electronic impersonation.
4 A person is guilty of criminal electronic impersonation when, with
5 intent to defraud, extort, harass, create fear, or interfere with a
6 police or emergency investigation, such person knowingly falsifies or
7 manipulates caller identification information, electronic communication
8 routing, or internet-based calling services to misrepresent such
9 person's identity or the origin of a communication.
10 Criminal electronic impersonation is a class A misdemeanor.
11 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.29 to read
12 as follows:
13 § 190.29 Aggravated criminal electronic impersonation.
14 A person is guilty of aggravated criminal electronic impersonation
15 when such person commits the crime of criminal electronic impersonation
16 in violation of section 190.28 of this article and such conduct:
17 1. occurs during a missing person, kidnapping or extortion incident;
18 2. impersonates a victim, family member or law enforcement officer; or
19 3. results in diversion of emergency resources or risk of physical
20 injury.
21 Aggravated criminal electronic impersonation is a class E felony.
22 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
23 ppp to read as follows:
24 § 399-ppp. Emergency disclosure of caller identification routing
25 information. Any voice-over-internet, call-routing or electronic commu-
26 nication service doing business with residents of the state of New York
27 shall:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 1. maintain a twenty-four hour law enforcement contact for emergency
2 requests;
3 2. maintain call routing and originating connection records sufficient
4 to identify the originating user or device in cases involving criminal
5 investigation upon an exigent request involving imminent risk of harm;
6 and
7 3. provide such records maintained pursuant to subdivision two of this
8 section to law enforcement upon request, consistent with applicable
9 emergency disclosure standards.
10 § 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to regulate telecommuni-
11 cations transmission standards or conflict with federal authority.
12 § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
13 it shall have become a law.
