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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A5931
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LALOR
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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:
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A6343
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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