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Senate Bill S5897

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime

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2025-S5897 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.49, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S482
2011-2012: S2948
2013-2014: S4157
2015-2016: S3490
2017-2018: S2627
2019-2020: S364
2021-2022: S5243
2023-2024: S4291

2025-S5897 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

2025-S5897 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5897 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5897
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in  relation  to  the  crime  of  falsely
   accusing someone of a crime
 
   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 ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME WHEN SUCH
 PERSON SIGNS AND SUBMITS AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT WITH A MEMBER  OF  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AND DOES SO KNOWING THE CONTENT OF THE ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT
 IS FALSE.
   FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A 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.
                                                            LBD10343-01-5

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