STATE OF NEW YORK
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8751
IN SENATE
March 7, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 mutilation of a human
corpse
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 195.02 of the penal law, as added by chapter 242 of
2 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 195.02 Concealment or mutilation of a human corpse.
4 A person is guilty of concealment or mutilation of a human corpse
5 when[, having a reasonable expectation that a human corpse or a part
6 thereof will be produced for or used as physical evidence in: (a) an
7 official proceeding; (b) an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation;
8 or (c) an examination by law enforcement personnel as part of a criminal
9 investigation;] such person, alone or in concert with another, conceals,
10 alters, mutilates or destroys such corpse or part thereof [with the
11 intent to prevent its production, use or discovery]. The provisions of
12 this section shall not apply to an individual or entity authorized to
13 accept an anatomical gift pursuant to section forty-three hundred two of
14 the public health law or to the lawful activities of a funeral director,
15 undertaker or embalmer under article thirty-four of the public health
16 law.
17 Concealment or mutilation of a human corpse is a class E felony.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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