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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–2
- Advanced to third reading
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- Referred to codes
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Establishes the crime of concealment of a death
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Robin Schimminger
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6489
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of concealment of a death
Purpose or general idea of bill
To establish the crime of concealment of a death.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one identifies this law as "Amanda Lynn's Law."
Section two provides that a person is guilty of concealment of a death when he or she knowingly moves or otherwise conceals a human corpse so that discovery of the death of such person will be hindered. Concealment of a death is a class D felony.
Section three provides the effective date.
Justification
Current law regulates the manner in which funeral directors, medical professionals and cemeteries can dispose of a human body and/or its remains. Disposal of a dead body without the authority of a burial or removal permit is a misdemeanor. This is inadequate to address situations where a body is moved or concealed so that discovery of the person's death will be hindered. Moving a body with such odious intentions is a serious crime deserving of an elevated penalty. This bill is named for Amanda L. Wienckowski, who died tragically in 2008.
Prior legislative history
The crime of concealment of a death is included in S.5862A of 2012.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the 180 day after it shall have become a law.
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