New York S 9437: Relates to criminal impersonation in the first degree

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S09437 Summary:

BILL NOS09437 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00412

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Amd §190.26, Pen L

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Adds impersonation of a utility employee or delivery person to criminal impersonation in the first degree.

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03/12/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9437

 IN SENATE

 March 12, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. 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 criminal impersonation in
 the first degree

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 190.26 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 2 of
 2 the laws of 1998, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of
 3 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 190.26 Criminal impersonation in the first degree.
 5 A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the first degree when
 6 [he] such person:
 7 1. Pretends to be a police officer or a federal law enforcement offi-
 8 cer as enumerated in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law, or
 9 wears or displays without authority, any uniform, badge or other insig-
 10 nia or facsimile thereof, by which such police officer or federal law
 11 enforcement officer is lawfully distinguished or expresses by [his or
 12 her] their words or actions that [he or she is] they are acting with the
 13 approval or authority of any police department or acting as a federal
 14 law enforcement officer with the approval of any agency that employs
 15 federal law enforcement officers as enumerated in section 2.15 of the
 16 criminal procedure law; and
 17 2. So acts with intent to induce another to submit to such pretended
 18 official authority or otherwise to act in reliance upon said pretense
 19 and in the course of such pretense commits or attempts to commit a felo-
 20 ny; or
 21 3. Pretending to be a duly licensed physician or other person author-
 22 ized to issue a prescription for any drug or any instrument or device
 23 used in the taking or administering of drugs for which a prescription is
 24 required by law, communicates to a pharmacist an oral prescription which
 25 is required to be reduced to writing pursuant to section thirty-three
 26 hundred thirty-two of the public health law[.]; or
 27 4. Pretending to be an employee of a utility company, expressing by
 28 their words or actions that they are acting with the approval or author-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01930-01-5

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 1 ity of a utility company, or wearing or displaying, without authori-
 2 zation from a utility company, any uniform, badge, or other insignia or
 3 facsimile thereof, by which a person employed by a utility company
 4 commonly wears or displays, goes upon the property of another; or
 5 5. Pretending to be a person engaged in the delivery of a package or
 6 food or beverage, expressing by their words or actions that they are
 7 acting with the approval or authority of such person or company, or
 8 wearing or displaying, without authorization from such person or company
 9 they are purporting to deliver such package or food or beverage on
 10 behalf of, any uniform, badge, or other insignia or facsimile thereof,
 11 by which a person employed by such person or company commonly wears or
 12 displays, goes upon the property of another.
 13 Criminal impersonation in the first degree is a class E felony.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law.

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