S02627 Summary:

BILL NOS02627
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06541
 
SPONSORLANZA
 
COSPNSRAKSHAR, LARKIN
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §240.49, Pen L
 
Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.
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S02627 Actions:

BILL NOS02627
 
01/13/2017REFERRED TO CODES
02/06/20171ST REPORT CAL.164
02/07/20172ND REPORT CAL.
02/13/2017ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
02/14/2017PASSED SENATE
02/14/2017DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
02/14/2017referred to codes
01/03/2018died in assembly
01/03/2018returned to senate
01/03/2018REFERRED TO CODES
03/06/20181ST REPORT CAL.623
03/12/20182ND REPORT CAL.
03/13/2018ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
03/19/2018PASSED SENATE
03/19/2018DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
03/19/2018referred to codes
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S02627 Committee Votes:

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S02627 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S02627 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2627
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 13, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  the  crime  of  falsely
          accusing someone of a crime
 
          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 240.49  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 240.49 Falsely accusing someone of a crime.
     4    A  person  is guilty of falsely accusing someone of a crime when he or
     5  she signs and submits an accusatory instrument  with  a  member  of  law
     6  enforcement and does so knowing the content of the accusatory instrument
     7  is false.
     8    Falsely accusing someone of a crime is a class E felony.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    10  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.
                                                                   LBD02421-01-7
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