New York S 1039: Creates the crime of unlawful possession of a radio frequency jamming device

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S01039 Summary:

BILL NOS01039 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03656

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §270.45, Pen L

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Creates the crime of unlawful possession of a radio frequency jamming device.

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BILL NOS01039 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1039

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 creating the crime of
 unlawful possession of a radio frequency jamming device

 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 270.45 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 270.45 Unlawful possession of a radio frequency jamming device.
 4 A person is guilty of unlawful possession of a radio frequency jamming
 5 device when, having no right to do so, they knowingly possess a device
 6 capable of disrupting and/or interfering with wireless communications
 7 through radio noise or signals.
 8 Unlawful possession of a radio frequency jamming device is a class D
 9 felony.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02463-01-5

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