Bill Text: NY A09874 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adds that a person is guilty of computer tampering in the third degree when a person intentionally enters or alters in any manner or destroys computer material indicating that a person did or did not receive a vaccination that is reported to the New York state immunization information system or the New York city immunization registry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-23 - reported referred to rules [A09874 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09874-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9874

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 19, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to the crime of computer
          tampering in the third degree

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

     1    Section  1.  Section 156.25 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 89
     2  of the laws of 1993, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 376 of the laws
     3  of 1997, and subdivisions 4 and 5 as amended by chapter 784 of the  laws
     4  of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     5  § 156.25 Computer tampering in the third degree.
     6    A  person is guilty of computer tampering in the third degree when [he
     7  commits] they commit the crime  of  computer  tampering  in  the  fourth
     8  degree and:
     9    1.  [he does] they do so with an intent to commit or attempt to commit
    10  or further the commission of any felony; or
    11    2. [he has] they have been previously convicted  of  any  crime  under
    12  this article or subdivision eleven of section 165.15 of this chapter; or
    13    3.  [he] they intentionally [alters] alter in any manner or [destroys]
    14  destroy computer material; or
    15    4. [he] they intentionally [alters] alter in any manner or  [destroys]
    16  destroy computer data or a computer program so as to cause damages in an
    17  aggregate amount exceeding one thousand dollars; or
    18    5.  [he] they intentionally [alters] alter in any manner or [destroys]
    19  destroy computer material indicating  that  a  person  did  or  did  not
    20  receive a vaccination against COVID-19; or
    21    6. they intentionally enter or alter in any manner or destroy computer
    22  material  indicating  that a person did or did not receive a vaccination
    23  that is reported to the New York state immunization  information  system
    24  or the New York city immunization registry.
    25    Computer tampering in the third degree is a class E felony.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14547-02-2