Establishes the crime of concealment of a death when a person knowingly moves or otherwise conceals a human corpse so that discovery of the death of such person will be hindered; makes such crime a class D felony.

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S1590-2013 Actions

• Mar 6, 2013: referred to codes
• Mar 6, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Mar 6, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 5, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 4, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 28, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.124
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO CODES

S1590-2013 Meetings

Codes: Feb 28, 2013

S1590-2013 Calendars

Active List: Mar 6, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 4, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 5, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 6, 2013

S1590-2013 Votes

S1590-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1590

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime
of concealment of a death

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To establish the crime of concealment of a death.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one identifies this law as "Amanda Lynn's Law."

Section two provides that a person is guilty of concealment of a death
when he or she knowingly moves or otherwise conceals a human corpse
so that discovery of the death of such person will be hindered.
Concealment of a death is a class D felony.

Section three provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Current law regulates the manner in which funeral directors, medical
professionals and cemeteries can dispose of a human body and/or its
remains. Disposal of a dead body without the authority of a burial or
removal permit is a misdemeanor. This is inadequate to address
situations where a body is moved or concealed so that discovery of
the person's death will be hindered. Moving a body with such odious
intentions is a serious crime deserving of an elevated penalty. This
bill is named for Amanda L. Wienckowski, who died tragically in 2008.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.6489 of 2011-2012; Passed senate
The crime of concealment of a death is included in S.8862A of 2012.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 180 day after it shall have become a
law.

S1590-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    1590

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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
    concealment of a death

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Amanda  Lynn's
  Law".
    S  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.18 to read
  as follows:

  S 190.18 CONCEALMENT OF A DEATH.
    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CONCEALMENT OF A DEATH WHEN HE OR SHE  KNOWINGLY
  MOVES  OR  OTHERWISE  CONCEALS  A  HUMAN CORPSE SO THAT DISCOVERY OF THE
  DEATH OF SUCH PERSON WILL BE HINDERED.
    CONCEALMENT OF A DEATH IS A CLASS D FELONY.
    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04716-01-3