Bill Text: NY S05231 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the crime of staging a construction site accident which is a class E felony.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-5)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - REFERRED TO CODES [S05231 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S05231-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5231

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 19, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, COONEY, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONER-
          I-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN,  LANZA,  MARTINS,  MATTERA,  MURRAY,  O'MARA,
          PALUMBO,  ROLISON,  SEPULVEDA,  SKOUFIS,  TEDISCO  --  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
          staging a construction site accident

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

     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 176.85 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 176.85 Staging a construction site accident.
     4    A person is guilty of staging a construction site accident when,  with
     5  intent  to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent insurance act, such
     6  person enters a construction site and intentionally stages  an  accident
     7  on  such  site  with  the intent to file an insurance claim, or directs,
     8  hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another  individual
     9  to enter a construction site and intentionally stage an accident on such
    10  site with the intent to file an insurance claim.
    11    Staging a construction site accident is a class E felony.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07801-01-5