Bill Commons

NY A 1565

in committee

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 1565 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1565 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY A 1565 about?

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness.

Who sponsors NY A 1565?

Linda Rosenthal is the primary sponsor of NY A 1565, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary
  • Andrew Hevesicosponsor
  • Demond Meekscosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Zohran Mamdanicosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Anna Kellescosponsor
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Albert A. Stirpecosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 1353not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8275not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2453not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 9222not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4824not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 643not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 298not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2191not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 5816

Official source

Attribution

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