STATE OF NEW YORK
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4516--C
Cal. No. 1336
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 5, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules
-- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading,
passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
sidered, 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 making the falsification
of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 170.00 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. "Written instrument" means any instrument or article, including
5 computer data or a computer program, containing written or printed
6 matter or the equivalent thereof, used for the purpose of reciting,
7 embodying, conveying or recording information, or constituting a symbol
8 or evidence of value, right, privilege or identification, which is capa-
9 ble of being used to the advantage or disadvantage of some person. For
10 the purposes of this article, a card provided to a person by a vaccine
11 provider indicating the date a person received a vaccination against
12 COVID-19, the type of vaccine and its lot number, and bearing a govern-
13 ment logo or other indication that it is created by a governmental
14 instrumentality, shall be considered a written instrument.
15 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 156.25 of the penal law, as amended by
16 chapter 89 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new subdivision 5 is
17 added to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. he intentionally alters in any manner or destroys computer data or
2 a computer program so as to cause damages in an aggregate amount exceed-
3 ing one thousand dollars; or
4 5. he intentionally alters in any manner or destroys computer material
5 indicating that a person did or did not receive a vaccination against
6 COVID-19.
7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.