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A00762 Summary:

BILL NO	A00762
SAME AS	SAME AS S05769
SPONSOR	Rosenthal L
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §190.22, Pen L
Relates to establishing the offense of false pretense.

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A00762 Actions:

BILL NO	A00762
01/11/2023	referred to codes
01/03/2024	referred to codes

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A00762 Committee Votes:

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A00762 Floor Votes:

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A00762 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           762
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing  the  offense
          of false pretense
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "e-impersonation prevention act".
     3    §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.22 to read
     4  as follows:
     5  § 190.22 False pretense.
     6    1. A person is guilty of false pretense, when he or she knowingly  and
     7  without  consent  impersonates  another person through or on an internet
     8  website or by other electronic means for the purposes of harming, intim-
     9  idating, threatening or defrauding such other person.
    10    2. For the purposes of this section:
    11    (a) An impersonation is credible if another  person  would  reasonably
    12  believe  or  did  reasonably  believe  that  the defendant was or is the
    13  person who was impersonated.
    14    (b) "Electronic means"  shall  include  the  accessing  of  an  e-mail
    15  account,  or  an  account  or  profile  on  a social networking internet
    16  website in another person's name.
    17    False pretense is a class D felony.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    19  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.
                                                                   LBD00842-01-3

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