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NY A07215
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Philip Ramos
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AI Summary
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Creates three new crimes of "aggravated falsely reporting an incident" in the first, second, and third degrees (Class C, D, and E felonies respectively) when false reports are motivated by bias against a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or ethnicity
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Requires mandatory arrest without mediation when police have reasonable cause to believe someone committed any degree of falsely reporting an incident
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Adds the new aggravated false reporting offenses to the list of specified offenses that qualify as hate crimes under the penal law and creates civil liability under the civil rights law for victims
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Mandates creation of two public searchable databases: one for law enforcement officers convicted of bias-motivated false reporting, and one for all persons convicted of these offenses
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Requires prosecutors to notify defendants within five days when criminal charges are dismissed due to false reporting, including providing unredacted police reports, the accuser's identity, and a written explanation of why the case was terminated
Legislative Description
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; 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.
Last Action
print number 7215a
3/5/2026