New York S 1693: Relates to the crimes of commercial bribery and larceny

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S01693 Summary:

BILL NOS01693 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01275

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§180.03, 180.08 & 155.00, Pen L; amd §20.40, CP L

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Removes the $250 economic harm requirement from the felony commercial bribery statutes; expands the crime of larceny to include theft of personal identifying information, computer data, computer programs, and services, to adapt to modern technological realities; provides state jurisdiction and county venue over cases involving larceny of personal identifying information, computer data, and computer programs, where the victim is located in the state or the county.

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1693

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 crimes of commercial
 bribery and larceny; and to amend the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to jurisdiction for personal identifying information theft
 crimes

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

 1 Section 1. Section 180.03 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 577
 2 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 180.03 Commercial bribing in the first degree.
 4 A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the first degree when [he]
 5 such person confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any
 6 employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employ-
 7 er or principal, with intent to influence [his] conduct in relation to
 8 [his] the employer's or principal's affairs, and when the value of the
 9 benefit conferred or offered or agreed to be conferred exceeds one thou-
 10 sand dollars [and causes economic harm to the employer or principal in
 11 an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars].
 12 Commercial bribing in the first degree is a class E felony.
 13 § 2. Section 180.08 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 577 of the
 14 laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 180.08 Commercial bribe receiving in the first degree.
 16 An employee, agent or fiduciary is guilty of commercial bribe receiv-
 17 ing in the first degree when, without the consent of [his] employer or
 18 principal, [he] such person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any
 19 benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that such
 20 benefit will influence [his] conduct in relation to [his] their employ-
 21 er's or principal's affairs, and when the value of the benefit solicit-
 22 ed, accepted or agreed to be accepted exceeds one thousand dollars [and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03904-01-5

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 1 causes economic harm to the employer or principal in an amount exceeding
 2 two hundred fifty dollars].
 3 Commercial bribe receiving in the first degree is a class E felony.
 4 § 3. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7-c, 8 and 9 of section 155.00
 5 of the penal law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 353 of the laws of
 6 2023, subdivision 6 as added by chapter 791 of the laws of 1967, subdi-
 7 vision 7 as added by chapter 115 of the laws of 1969, subdivision 7-c as
 8 amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 1993, subdivision 8 as amended by
 9 chapter 514 of the laws of 1986 and subdivision 9 as added by chapter
 10 530 of the laws of 1975, are amended and a new subdivision 17 is added
 11 to read as follows:
 12 1. "Property" means any money, compensation for labor or services,
 13 personal property, real property, computer data, computer program,
 14 personal identifying information, thing in action, evidence of debt or
 15 contract, or any article, substance or thing of value, including any
 16 gas, steam, water or electricity, which is provided for a charge or
 17 compensation.
 18 2. "Obtain" i