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Senate Bill S8578

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes "Jeremiah's Law"

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2019-S8578 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3430
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.49, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11391
2021-2022: S4157, A5322
2023-2024: S1497, A3972
2025-2026: A7049

2019-S8578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the offense of filing a false report concerning a minor.

2019-S8578 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8578
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  establishing  "Jeremiah's
   Law"  relating  to  establishing  the offense of filing a false report
   concerning a minor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Jeremiah's Law".
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.49  to  read
 as follows:
 § 240.49 FILING A FALSE REPORT CONCERNING A MINOR.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FILING A FALSE REPORT CONCERNING A MINOR WHEN HE
 OR  SHE  FALSELY REPORTS AN INCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS DESCRIBED IN
 SECTION 240.50 OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS  THE  ACCUSED
 SUBJECT OF THE REPORT IS A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN YEARS.
   FILING A FALSE REPORT CONCERNING A MINOR IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07525-01-9

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