New York S 9640: Relates to requiring disclosure of use of generative artificial intelligence in a civil action

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S09640 Summary:

BILL NOS09640 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07458

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §265.18, Pen L

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Creates the crime of related use of a lethal or explosive device; provides for additional 10 years imprisonment for certain crimes where a lethal or explosive device is used; permits exemption from such additional sentence when the defendant provides court with the source of such lethal or explosive device.

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BILL NOS09640 

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03/31/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9640

 IN SENATE

 March 31, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 related use of a
 lethal or explosive 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 265.18 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 265.18 Related use of lethal or explosive device.
 4 1. A person is guilty of related use of a lethal or explosive device
 5 when such person commits any offense while in possession of a lethal or
 6 explosive device.
 7 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
 8 person convicted of related use of a lethal or explosive device shall,
 9 in addition to the punishment provided for the related or underlying
 10 offense, be sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment for ten
 11 years, and the term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this section
 12 shall not run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment including
 13 that imposed for the related or underlying crime.
 14 3. Any such non-concurrent term required to be imposed pursuant to
 15 this section shall, however, not be imposed if:
 16 (a) the defendant, within sixty days of the date of arraignment on the
 17 indictment or superior court information, which sixty day period may be
 18 extended in the discretion of the district attorney, shall truthfully to
 19 the satisfaction of the court provide the district attorney with all the
 20 information the defendant has concerning the source or sources of the
 21 lethal or explosive device; and
 22 (b) the use of such lethal or explosive device has not resulted in
 23 death or serious bodily injury to another person who was not a partic-
 24 ipant in the offense.
 25 4. So long as the statements made by the defendant to the district
 26 attorney relating to the sources of the lethal or explosive device are
 27 truthful, then (a) no statement so made shall be used as evidence
 28 against the defendant in any criminal proceedings except that the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05567-01-5

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 1 district attorney may use such statements for the purpose of cross-exa-
 2 mination, impeachment and rebuttal should the defendant ever offer
 3 contrary evidence, and (b) the district attorney may use as evidence
 4 against the defendant any independent evidence which may be derived
 5 through an investigation into the information so proffered by the
 6 defendant. At any hearing on the issue of whether the defendant's state-
 7 ments are truthful, the people shall bear the burden of showing that the
 8 statements are not truthful by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
 9 5. The term: (a) "Lethal device" shall mean a machine gun, a pistol or
 10 revolver, either a shotgun, rifle or assault weapon of any length or any
 11 object made therefrom by alteration, modification or otherwise, an elec-
 12 tronic dart gun, and an electronic stun gun.
 13 (b) "Explosive device" shall mean any explosive, incendiary or poison
 14 gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four
 15 ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than
 16 one-quarter ounce, mine or any device similar to any of the devices
 17 described in this subdivision.
 18 (c) "Explosive" shall mean any chemical compound