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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6658: Establishes the crime of committing an offense while impersonating a police officer or peace officer when they commit a specified offense and pretend to be a police or peace officer

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 6658 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the crime of committing an offense while impersonating a police officer or peace officer when they commit a specified offense and pretend to be a police or peace officer. Primary sponsor: Joe Griffo (Republican/Conservative). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes the crime of committing an offense while impersonating a police officer or peace officer when they commit a specified offense and during the course of such specified offense either pretends to be a police or peace officer; establishes the criminal sanction for committing such a crime depends on the specified offense that was being committed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe GriffoPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate53

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source