Assembly Bill A5931

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the crime of falsely reporting a hate crime

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5931 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.49, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A6343

2021-A5931 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the crime of falsely reporting a hate crime as a class E felony.

2021-A5931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5931
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   falsely reporting a hate crime as a class E felony
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.49  to
 read as follows:
 § 240.49 FALSELY REPORTING A HATE CRIME.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF FALSELY REPORTING A HATE CRIME, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION 485.05 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHEN, KNOWING THE INFORMATION  REPORTED,
 CONVEYED OR CIRCULATED TO BE FALSE OR BASELESS, HE OR SHE:
   1.  INITIATES  OR  CIRCULATES  A FALSE REPORT OR WARNING OF AN ALLEGED
 OCCURRENCE OR IMPENDING OCCURRENCE OF A HATE CRIME  UNDER  CIRCUMSTANCES
 IN  WHICH  IT  IS  NOT  UNLIKELY THAT PUBLIC ALARM OR INCONVENIENCE WILL
 RESULT; OR
   2. REPORTS, BY WORD OR ACTION, TO AN OFFICIAL OR QUASI-OFFICIAL AGENCY
 OR ORGANIZATION HAVING THE FUNCTION OF DEALING WITH EMERGENCIES  INVOLV-
 ING  DANGER  TO  LIFE  OR  PROPERTY,  AN ALLEGED OCCURRENCE OR IMPENDING
 OCCURRENCE OF A HATE CRIME WHICH DID NOT IN FACT OCCUR OR IS  NOT  ABOUT
 TO OCCUR; OR
   3.  GRATUITOUSLY  REPORTS  TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR AGENCY: (A)
 THE ALLEGED OCCURRENCE OF A HATE CRIME WHICH DID NOT IN FACT  OCCUR;  OR
 (B)  AN  ALLEGEDLY IMPENDING OCCURRENCE OF A HATE CRIME WHICH IN FACT IS
 NOT ABOUT TO OCCUR; OR (C) FALSE INFORMATION RELATING TO A HATE CRIME OR
 TO THE ALLEGED IMPLICATION OF SOME PERSON THEREIN.
   FALSELY REPORTING A HATE CRIME IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07389-01-1

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