New York S 8594: Relates to creating a written policy on the use of sustained auditory dispersal tools

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S08594 Summary:

BILL NOS08594B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FAHY, KRUEGER, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Pen L, generally; amd §§20.40 & 190.30, CP L; amd §410, Gen Bus L; amd §220-b, Lab L; amd §1-c, Leg L;
amd §3, Pub Off L; amd §§139-a, 139-b & 139-c, St Fin L; amd §41, Tax L

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Enacts the "securing customer assets against malfeasance" or "S.C.A.M." act; increases penalties for a scheme to defraud; broadens the definitions of commercial bribery and bribing a public servant; creates the crime of structuring; expands jurisdiction for tax revenue deprivation; increases penalties for defrauding the government and certain persons over the age of sixty-five.

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BILL NOS08594B

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12/01/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

01/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

01/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 8594A

02/27/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

02/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 8594B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8594--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, COMRIE, FAHY, KRUEGER, PARKER, SKOUFIS --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law, the general
 business law, the labor law, the legislative law, the public officers
 law, the state finance law and the tax law, in relation to enacting
 the "securing consumer assets against malfeasance" or "S.C.A.M. act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "securing
 2 consumer assets against malfeasance" or "S.C.A.M. act".
 3 § 2. Section 190.60 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 491 of the
 4 laws of 1992 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of
 5 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 190.60 Scheme to defraud in the [second] fifth degree.
 7 1. A person is guilty of a scheme to defraud in the [second] fifth
 8 degree when [he] such person engages in a scheme constituting a system-
 9 atic ongoing course of conduct with intent to defraud more than one
 10 person or to obtain property from more than one person by false or frau-
 11 dulent pretenses, representations or promises, and so obtains property
 12 from one or more of such persons.
 13 2. In any prosecution under this section, it shall be necessary to
 14 prove the identity of at least one person from whom the defendant so
 15 obtained property, but it shall not be necessary to prove the identity
 16 of any other intended victim.
 17 Scheme to defraud in the [second] fifth degree is a class A misdemea-
 18 nor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13585-07-6

 S. 8594--B 2

 1 § 3. Section 190.65 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 332 of the
 2 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 190.65 Scheme to defraud in the [first] fourth degree.
 4 1. A person is guilty of a scheme to defraud in the [first] fourth
 5 degree when [he or she] such person: (a) engages in a scheme constitut-
 6 ing a systematic ongoing course of conduct with intent to defraud ten or
 7 more persons or to obtain property from ten or more persons by false or
 8 fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, and so obtains prop-
 9 erty from one or more of such persons; or (b) engages in a scheme
 10 constituting a systematic ongoing course of conduct with intent to
 11 defraud more than one person or to obtain property from more than one
 12 person by false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises,
 13 and so obtains property with a v