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NY S01693
Bill
Status
1/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
James Skoufis
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AI Summary
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Removes the requirement that commercial bribery must cause at least $250 in economic harm to the employer or principal for the offense to qualify as a first-degree felony; the $1,000 benefit threshold remains
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Expands the definition of "property" under larceny statutes to explicitly include personal identifying information, computer data, and computer programs
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Adds comprehensive definition of "personal identifying information" covering items such as Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, biometric data, electronic signatures, passwords, and physical objects containing such information
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Modifies definitions of "obtain," "deprive," and "appropriate" to address digital property, including duplicating, downloading, uploading, or copying data rather than requiring physical taking
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Expands county jurisdiction for identity theft and personal identifying information offenses, allowing prosecution in any county where part of the offense occurred, where the financial loss victim resided, or where the person whose information was stolen resided
Legislative Description
Removes the $250 economic harm requirement from the felony commercial bribery statutes; expands the crime of larceny to include theft of personal identifying information, computer data, computer programs, and services, to adapt to modern technological realities; provides state jurisdiction and county venue over cases involving larceny of personal identifying information, computer data, and computer programs, where the victim is located in the state or the county.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026