Senate Bill S5943A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires law enforcement departments to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • 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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Bill Amendments

2025-S5943 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5386
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-z, Exec L

2025-S5943 - Summary

Requires every sheriff, county or city commissioner of correction and head of every state, county, or local police department to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes; requires the division to promulgate rules and regulations for such reporting.

2025-S5943 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5943 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5943
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  reporting  of  hate
   crimes by law enforcement departments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "hate crime
 accountability and transparency enforcement (HATE) reporting  act".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  837-y  to
 read as follows:
   §  837-Y. REPORTING DUTIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH RESPECT
 TO HATE CRIMES.  1. THE CHIEF OF EVERY POLICE  DEPARTMENT,  EACH  COUNTY
 SHERIFF,  AND  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STATE  POLICE SHALL REPORT, IN A
 MANNER AND TIMEFRAME AS DETERMINED BY  THE  DIVISION,  ANY  INSTANCE  OR
 OCCURRENCE  IN  WHICH  A HATE CRIME, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 485.05 OF THE
 PENAL LAW, IS REPORTED OR INVESTIGATED.   THE DIVISION  SHALL  USE  SUCH
 REPORTS  FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING DATA TO FEDERAL BUREAUS OR DEPART-
 MENTS ENGAGED IN COLLECTING NATIONAL CRIMINAL STATISTICS, INCLUDING  BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
   2.  THE  DIVISION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE
 THE REPORTING OF HATE CRIME DATA TO  THE  DIVISION  BY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 DEPARTMENTS AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SUCH
 THAT  THE  DIVISION  MAY  PROVIDE  HATE CRIME DATA TO FEDERAL BUREAUS OR
 DEPARTMENTS ENGAGED IN COLLECTING NATIONAL CRIMINAL STATISTICS,  INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07926-01-5

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2025-S5943A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5386
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-z, Exec L

2025-S5943A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every sheriff, county or city commissioner of correction and head of every state, county, or local police department to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes; requires the division to promulgate rules and regulations for such reporting.

2025-S5943A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5943A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5943--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to reporting of hate
   crimes by law enforcement departments

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "hate crime
 accountability and transparency enforcement (HATE) reporting  act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 837-z to
 read as follows:
   § 837-Z. REPORTING DUTIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH  RESPECT
 TO  HATE  CRIMES.    1.    EVERY SHERIFF, COUNTY OR CITY COMMISSIONER OF
 CORRECTION  AND  HEAD  OF EVERY STATE,  COUNTY, OR LOCAL POLICE  DEPART-
 MENT, SHALL REPORT TO THE DIVISION, IN A MANNER AND TIMEFRAME AS  DETER-
 MINED BY THE DIVISION, ANY INSTANCE OR OCCURRENCE IN WHICH A HATE CRIME,
 AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW, IS REPORTED OR INVESTI-
 GATED.  SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE  DIVISION  SUCH    THAT
 THE DIVISION  MAY  PROVIDE SUCH HATE CRIME DATA TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
 INVESTIGATION  IN  A  MANNER  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 NATIONAL INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM.
   2. THE DIVISION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  TO  EFFECTUATE
 THE  REPORTING  OF  HATE  CRIME  DATA TO THE DIVISION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
 DEPARTMENTS AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07926-03-5

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