New York S 6944: Relates to significant programmatic accomplishment for limited credit time allowances for certain inmates

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S06944 Summary:

BILL NOS06944 

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SPONSORLANZA

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Amd §156.00, add §§156.41, 156.42 & 156.43, Pen L; amd §30.10, CP L

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Establishes the offenses of phishing in the third degree, phishing in the second degree and phishing in the first degree; relates to the time in which prosecution of such offenses must be commenced.

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6944

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 offenses
 of phishing in the third degree, phishing in the second degree and
 phishing in the first degree; and to amend the criminal procedure law,
 in relation to the time in which a prosecution of such offenses must
 be commenced

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

 1 Section 1. Section 156.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 3 10. "Malware" means computer software specifically designed to cause
 4 damage to a device or a network.
 5 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding three new sections 156.41,
 6 156.42 and 156.43 to read as follows:
 7 § 156.41 Phishing in the third degree.
 8 A person is guilty of phishing in the third degree when such person
 9 sends an email to an individual:
 10 1. urging the individual to:
 11 a. send money to the person or to a third-party account to which the
 12 person has access;
 13 b. download an attachment which contains malware infecting the indi-
 14 vidual's computer or electronic device; or
 15 c. click on a link which redirects the individual to a website requir-
 16 ing the individual to input their login credentials, banking informa-
 17 tion, or personal information or which causes malware to automatically
 18 be downloaded onto the individual's computer or electronic device;
 19 2. with the intent to:
 20 a. steal such person's login credentials, passwords, money, financial
 21 or personal information; or
 22 b. introduce a malware attack on such person's computer data.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10705-01-5

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 1 Phishing in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 2 § 156.42 Phishing in the second degree.
 3 A person is guilty of phishing in the second degree when such person
 4 commits the crime of phishing in the third degree and causes an individ-
 5 ual to send money in the aggregate exceeding five hundred dollars or
 6 causes damage to the individual's computer or electronic device or the
 7 loss of data in an amount in the aggregate exceeding five hundred
 8 dollars.
 9 Phishing in the second degree is a class E felony.
 10 § 156.43 Phishing in the first degree.
 11 A person is guilty of phishing in the first degree when such person
 12 commits the crime of phishing in the third degree and causes an individ-
 13 ual to send money in the aggregate exceeding two thousand dollars or
 14 causes damage to the individual's computer or electronic device or the
 15 loss of data in an amount in the aggregate exceeding two thousand
 16 dollars.
 17 Phishing in the first degree is a class D felony.
 18 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law is
 19 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
 20 (i) A prosecution for phishing in the first degree as defined in
 21 section 156.43, phishing in the second degree as defined in section
 22 156.42 or phishing in the third degree as defined in section 156.41 of
 23 the penal law may be commenced within twenty years after the commission
 24 thereof.
 25 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 26 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.

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