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Senator · Senate District 62
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Signed chap.242
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.252
- Substituted for A4085A
- Referred to codes
- Returned to assembly
- Repassed senate
- Amended on third reading (t) 2957a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
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- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.225
- Referred to codes
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Establishes the crime of concealment of a human corpse
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Robin Schimminger
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S2957A
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of concealment of a human corpse
Purpose of the bill
To establish the crime of concealment of a human corpse.
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 human corpse when, having a reasonable expectation that a human corpse or a part thereof will be produced for or used as physical evidence in: (a) an official proceeding; (b) an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation; or (c) an examination by law enforcement personal as part of a criminal investigation; such person, alone or in concert with another, conceals, alters or destroys such corpse or part thereof with the intent to prevent its production, use or discovery. Concealment of a human corpse is a class E felony.
Section three provides this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.
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 concealed, altered or destroyed so that discovery of the person's death will be hindered. Concealing 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
2013-2014: A. 6092-A, 2011-2012: A.9358/S.6489 similar.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the 60th day after it shall have become a law.
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