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S9040 • 2025

Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant

Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant

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Sponsor
Michelle Hinchey
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant

Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant for purposes of the penal law.

What This Bill Does

  • Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant for purposes of the penal law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-06-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  4. 2026-05-20 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-05-19 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-05-18 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1145

  7. 2026-01-27 Senate

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant
Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant for purposes of the penal law.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9040

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 27, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 including public  officers
          or employees of the federal government within the definition of public
          servant

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1.   Subdivision 15 of section 10.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  791  of  the  laws  of 1967, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    15. "Public servant" means (a) any public officer or employee  of  THE
     5  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT,  OF  the  state  or  of  any  political subdivision
     6  thereof, or  of  any  governmental  instrumentality  within  the  state,
     7  INCLUDING  ANY  GOVERNMENTAL  INSTRUMENTALITY  OF THE UNITED STATES WITH
     8  JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, or (b) any person exercising the functions of
     9  any such public officer or employee. The term public servant includes  a
    10  person who has been elected or designated to become a public servant.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14586-01-6