New York S 4684: Establishes the crime of aggravated criminal concealment of identity

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S04684 Summary:

BILL NOS04684 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMURRAY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GRIFFO, OBERACKER, RHOADS, TEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title Y-3 Art 498 §§498.00 & 498.05, Pen L

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Establishes the crime of aggravated criminal concealment of identity.

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BILL NOS04684 

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4684

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GRIFFO,
 OBERACKER, RHOADS, TEDISCO -- 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 crime of
 aggravated concealment of identity

 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 title Y-3 to read
 2 as follows:
 3 TITLE Y-3
 4 CRIMINAL CONCEALMENT OF IDENTITY

 5 ARTICLE 498
 6 CRIMINAL CONCEALMENT OF IDENTITY
 7 Section 498.00 Aggravated criminal concealment of identity.
 8 498.05 Sentencing.
 9 § 498.00 Aggravated criminal concealment of identity.
 10 1. A person commits the crime of aggravated criminal concealment of
 11 identity when such person commits a specified offense while wearing a
 12 mask or face covering.
 13 2. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 14 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third
 15 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.06
 16 (gang assault in the second degree); section 120.07 (gang assault in the
 17 first degree); section 120.10 (assault in the first degree); section
 18 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old);
 19 section 120.13 (menacing in the first degree); section 120.14 (menacing
 20 in the second degree); section 120.15 (menacing in the third degree);
 21 section 120.20 (reckless endangerment in the second degree); section
 22 120.25 (reckless endangerment in the first degree); section 121.11
 23 (criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation); section 121.12

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09077-01-5

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 1 (strangulation in the second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in
 2 the first degree); subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in
 3 the second degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20
 4 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second
 5 degree); section 125.26 (aggravated murder); section 125.27 (murder in
 6 the first degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree);
 7 section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55 (stalking
 8 in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree);
 9 section 130.20 (sexual misconduct); section 130.25 (rape in the third
 10 degree); section 130.30 (rape in the second degree); section 130.35
 11 (rape in the first degree); former section 130.40; former section
 12 130.45; former section 130.50; section 130.52 (forcible touching);
 13 section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse
 14 in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second
 15 degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); section
 16 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree); section 130.66
 17 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.67 (aggra-
 18 vated sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.70 (aggravated
 19 sexual abuse in the first degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment
 20 in the second degree); section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the
 21 first degree); section 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section
 22 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the
 23 third degree); section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section
 24 135.65 (coercion in the first