Bill Commons

NY A 5452

in committee

Prohibits imprisonment for sleeping or camping in public spaces

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5452 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5452 is in committee as of 2026-04-13 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): PRINT NUMBER 5452A

What is NY A 5452 about?

Prohibits imposing imprisonment or other penalties or fines for sleeping or camping in public spaces; prohibits involuntary admission to a hospital for observation, care and treatment or deeming a person as posing a substantial risk of physical harm to themself for failing to provide their own essential needs solely due to the fact that such person is sleeping in or upon publicly-owned property which is open to the public at such time.

Who sponsors NY A 5452?

Phara Souffrant Forrest is the primary sponsor of NY A 5452, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Prohibits imposing imprisonment or other penalties or fines for sleeping or camping in public spaces; prohibits involuntary admission to a hospital for observation, care and treatment or deeming a person as posing a substantial risk of physical harm to themself for failing to provide their own essential needs solely due to the fact that such person is sleeping in or upon publicly-owned property which is open to the public at such time.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-13 — PRINT NUMBER 5452A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Phara Souffrant Forrestprimary
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-13

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-04-13

    PRINT NUMBER 5452A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5452?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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