New York S 8485: Relates to criminal impersonation in the first degree

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S08485 Summary:

BILL NOS08485 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08381

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Amd §190.26, Pen L

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Includes impersonation of a firefighter in the definition of criminal impersonation in the first degree.

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BILL NOS08485 

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08/20/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8485

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 August 20, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal impersonation in
 the first degree

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

 1 Section 1. Section 190.26 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 2 of
 2 the laws of 1998, and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 434 of the
 3 laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 190.26 Criminal impersonation in the first degree.
 5 A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the first degree when
 6 [he] such person:
 7 1. (a) Pretends to be a police officer or a federal law enforcement
 8 officer as enumerated in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law, or
 9 wears or displays without authority, any uniform, badge or other insig-
 10 nia or facsimile thereof, by which such police officer or federal law
 11 enforcement officer is lawfully distinguished or expresses by [his or
 12 her] words or actions that [he or she] such person is acting with the
 13 approval or authority of any police department or acting as a federal
 14 law enforcement officer with the approval of any agency that employs
 15 federal law enforcement officers as enumerated in section 2.15 of the
 16 criminal procedure law; and
 17 [2. So] (b) so acts with intent to induce another to submit to such
 18 pretended official authority or otherwise to act in reliance upon said
 19 pretense and, in the course of such pretense, commits or attempts to
 20 commit a felony; or
 21 [3.] 2. Pretending to be a duly licensed physician or other person
 22 authorized to issue a prescription for any drug or any instrument or
 23 device used in the taking or administering of drugs for which a
 24 prescription is required by law, communicates to a pharmacist an oral

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10791-01-5

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 1 prescription which is required to be reduced to writing pursuant to
 2 section thirty-three hundred thirty-two of the public health law; or
 3 3.(a) Pretends to be a firefighter, or wears or displays, without
 4 authority, any uniform, badge, insignia or facsimile thereof by which
 5 such public servant is lawfully distinguished, or falsely expresses by
 6 words or actions that such person is a public servant or is acting with
 7 approval or authority of a public agency or department; and
 8 (b) while doing so obstructs a firefighter, police officer, or peace
 9 officer in performing their duties in circumstances involving imminent
 10 danger created by a fire, an explosion, threat of explosion or the pres-
 11 ence of toxic fumes or gases.
 12 Criminal impersonation in the first degree is a class E felony.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 14 have become a law.

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