New York A 5498: Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions

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A05498 Summary:

BILL NOA05498 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrook-Krasny

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COSPNSRNovakhov, Smullen, Brabenec, Tague, McDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§240.80 & 240.81, Pen L

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Establishes the class E felony of criminal use of public records for the intentional use of any public record in the course of or in furtherance of the commission of a crime.

Go to top A05498 Actions:

BILL NOA05498 

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02/14/2025referred to codes

05/13/2025held for consideration in codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

Go to topA05498 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/13/2025AYE/NAY:16/6 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA05498 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05498 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5498

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY, NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal use of public
 records

 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 two new sections 240.80
 2 and 240.81 to read as follows:
 3 § 240.80 Criminal use of public records; definition.
 4 For the purposes of section 240.81 of this article, "record" shall
 5 have the same meaning ascribed to such term by subdivision four of
 6 section eighty-six of the public officers law.
 7 § 240.81 Criminal use of public records.
 8 A person is guilty of criminal use of public records when such person,
 9 with the intent to use such record in the commission of a crime, inten-
 10 tionally obtains any record through the process provided pursuant to the
 11 public officers law and attempts to use or uses such record in the
 12 course of, in furtherance of, or as an instrumentality in the commission
 13 of a crime.
 14 Criminal use of public records is a class E felony.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 16 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09214-01-5

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