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NY A 7215

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Establishes the false reporting survivors act which establishes the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, and third degrees

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 7215 pass?

Not yet. NY A 7215 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-07-01): PRINT NUMBER 7215B

What is NY A 7215 about?

Establishes the false reporting survivors act which establishes the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, and third degrees when a person commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, or third degree and such person intended to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person because of a belief or perception regarding a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or ethnicity; authorizes officers to arrest persons believed to have committed falsely reporting an incident without first obtaining a warrant and provides exceptions to such authority to arrest; includes such falsely reporting as a hate crime; authorizes the law enforcement misconduct investigative office to receive and investigate complaints alleging falsely reporting an incident; establishes databases of law enforcement officers and persons convicted of falsely reporting; requires notifying persons of the termination of certain criminal actions or proceedings; relates to the statute of limitations for filing an action relating to falsely reporting.

Who sponsors NY A 7215?

Philip Ramos is the primary sponsor of NY A 7215, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Establishes the false reporting survivors act which establishes the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, and third degrees when a person commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, or third degree and such person intended to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person because of a belief or perception regarding a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or ethnicity; authorizes officers to arrest persons believed to have committed falsely reporting an incident without first obtaining a warrant and provides exceptions to such authority to arrest; includes such falsely reporting as a hate crime; authorizes the law enforcement misconduct investigative office to receive and investigate complaints alleging falsely reporting an incident; establishes databases of law enforcement officers and persons convicted of falsely reporting; requires notifying persons of the termination of certain criminal actions or proceedings; relates to the statute of limitations for filing an action relating to falsely reporting.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-07-01 — PRINT NUMBER 7215B
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Philip Ramosprimary
  • David Weprincosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-01

    PRINT NUMBER 7215B

    amendment-passage

  2. 2026-07-01

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-05

    PRINT NUMBER 7215A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-03-05

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-21

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10606not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3781not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3641not in this corpus

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https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A7215?summary=&detail=

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