New York A 6005: 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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A06005 Summary:

BILL NOA06005 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07627

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SPONSORGriffin

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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 NOA06005 

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02/25/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6005

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee 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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