Assembly Bill A760

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Proscribes conduct constituting the criminal impersonation of certain emergency personnel

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A760 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§190.25 & 190.26, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2551
2013-2014: A102
2015-2016: A236
2017-2018: A1375
2019-2020: A2424

2011-A760 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Proscribes conduct constituting the criminal impersonation of certain emergency personnel.

2011-A760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   760

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PAULIN --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal impersonation of
  a certified first  responder,  an  emergency  medical  technician,  an
  advanced emergency medical technician, or a firefighter

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

  Section 1. Section 190.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5.  PRETENDS  TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN,  ADVANCED  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR
FIREFIGHTER WITHOUT ANY ACTUAL OR IMPLIED AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
  S  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 190.26 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 434 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Pretends to be a police officer [or  a],  federal  law  enforcement
officer  as  enumerated  in  section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law,
CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED  EMER-
GENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  OR FIREFIGHTER, or wears or displays without
authority, any uniform, badge or other insignia or facsimile thereof, by
which such police officer [or], federal law enforcement officer,  CERTI-
FIED  FIRST  RESPONDER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED EMERGENCY
MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  OR  FIREFIGHTER  is  lawfully   distinguished;   or
expresses  by  his or her words or actions that he or she is acting with
the approval or authority of any police department or acting as a feder-
al law enforcement officer with the approval of any agency that  employs
federal  law  enforcement  officers as enumerated in section 2.15 of the
criminal procedure law; and
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD03227-01-1

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