New York S 7627: Establishes the crimes of spoofing a police agency telephone number in the first and second degrees as a class E felony and a class A misdemeanor

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S07627 Summary:

BILL NOS07627 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06005

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§190.90 & 190.95, Pen L

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Establishes the crimes of spoofing a police agency telephone number in the first and second degrees as a class E felony and a class A misdemeanor.

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BILL NOS07627 

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04/23/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7627

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 establishing the crimes of
 spoofing a police agency telephone number in the first and second
 degrees

 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 190.90 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 190.90 Spoofing a police agency telephone number in the second degree.
 4 A person is guilty of spoofing a police agency telephone number in the
 5 second degree when, with intent to defraud another person or to harass,
 6 annoy, threaten, or alarm another person, such person places a telephone
 7 call whereby the ID display of the person receiving the call displays a
 8 phone number of a police agency of this state or any political subdivi-
 9 sion of this state or displays any other information that would indicate
 10 that such phone call was placed by a police agency of this state or any
 11 political subdivision of this state.
 12 Spoofing a police agency telephone number in the second degree is a
 13 class A misdemeanor.
 14 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.95 to read
 15 as follows:
 16 § 190.95 Spoofing a police agency telephone number in the first degree.
 17 A person is guilty of spoofing a police agency telephone number in the
 18 first degree when such person commits the crime of spoofing a police
 19 agency telephone number in the second degree and such person has been
 20 previously convicted within the last ten years of spoofing a police
 21 agency telephone number in the second degree or spoofing a police agency
 22 telephone number in the first degree.
 23 Spoofing a police agency telephone number in the first degree is a
 24 class E felony.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 26 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07953-01-5

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