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Assembly Bill A9185

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to falsely reporting an incident through the use of artificial intelligence

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2025-A9185 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240.50, Pen L

2025-A9185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes communications generated using artificial intelligence in the definition of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree.

2025-A9185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9185
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to falsely reporting an inci-
   dent in the third degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 240.50 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 276
 of the laws of 1973, the opening paragraph and subdivision 4 as  amended
 by  section 1 of part G of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, subdivisions
 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 146 of the laws of 1979, subdivision 3  as
 amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2001, and the closing paragraph as
 amended  by  chapter  301  of  the  laws  of 2001, is amended to read as
 follows:
 § 240.50 Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree.
   A person is guilty of falsely  reporting  an  incident  in  the  third
 degree when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to
 be false or baseless, [he or she] SUCH PERSON:
   1.  Initiates or circulates a false report or warning, INCLUDING USING
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS DEFINED
 BY SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, of an  alleged
 occurrence  or impending occurrence of a crime, catastrophe or emergency
 under circumstances in which it is not unlikely  that  public  alarm  or
 inconvenience will result; or
   2.  Reports, by word or action INCLUDING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
 OR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS DEFINED  BY  SECTION  SEVENTEEN
 HUNDRED  OF  THE  GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, to an official or quasi-official
 agency or organization having the function of dealing  with  emergencies
 involving danger to life or property, an alleged occurrence or impending
 occurrence  of a catastrophe or emergency which did not in fact occur or
 does not in fact exist; or

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13942-01-5
 A. 9185                             2
              

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