Bill Text: NY S02957 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts "Amanda Lynn's Law"; establishes the crime of concealment of a human corpse as a class E felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-23 - SIGNED CHAP.242 [S02957 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02957-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2957--A
           Cal. No. 225
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 30, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens. ORTT, DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE, SERINO -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Codes  -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
         second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv-
         ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored  to  third
         reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
         order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
         concealment of a human corpse
         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 "Amanda Lynn's
    2  Law".
    3    S 2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 195.02 to  read
    4  as follows:
    5  S 195.02 CONCEALMENT OF A HUMAN CORPSE.
    6    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF CONCEALMENT OF A HUMAN CORPSE WHEN, HAVING A
    7  REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT A HUMAN CORPSE OR A  PART  THEREOF  WILL  BE
    8  PRODUCED  FOR  OR USED AS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN: (A) AN OFFICIAL PROCEED-
    9  ING; (B) AN AUTOPSY AS PART OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION; OR (C) AN EXAM-
   10  INATION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AS  PART  OF  A  CRIMINAL  INVESTI-
   11  GATION;  SUCH PERSON, ALONE OR IN CONCERT WITH ANOTHER, CONCEALS, ALTERS
   12  OR DESTROYS SUCH CORPSE OR PART THEREOF WITH THE INTENT TO  PREVENT  ITS
   13  PRODUCTION, USE OR DISCOVERY.
   14    CONCEALMENT OF A HUMAN CORPSE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   15    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   16  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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