New York bills · 2025 Regular Session
New York A 7215
Establishes the false reporting survivors act which establishes the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, and third degrees
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Philip Ramos (Democratic)
Cosponsors (1)
- David Weprin (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the New York legislature
Establishes the false reporting survivors act which establishes the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, and third degrees when a person commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, or third degree and such person intended to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person because of a belief or perception regarding a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or ethnicity; authorizes officers to arrest persons believed to have committed falsely reporting an incident without first obtaining a warrant and provides exceptions to such authority to arrest; includes such falsely reporting as a hate crime; authorizes the law enforcement misconduct investigative office to receive and investigate complaints alleging falsely reporting an incident; establishes databases of law enforcement officers and persons convicted of falsely reporting; requires notifying persons of the termination of certain criminal actions or proceedings; relates to the statute of limitations for filing an action relating to falsely reporting.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jul 1, 2026 · House
PRINT NUMBER 7215B - Jul 1, 2026 · House
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES - Mar 5, 2026 · House
PRINT NUMBER 7215A - Mar 5, 2026 · House
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES - Jan 7, 2026 · House
REFERRED TO CODES - Mar 21, 2025 · House
REFERRED TO CODES