New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A7215: Establishes the false reporting survivors act which establishes the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second, and third degrees
Status: In committee, July 1, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second and third degrees; to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the arrest of persons believed to have committed aggravated falsely reporting an incident; to amend the penal law and the civil rights law, in relation to including falsely reporting an incident as a hate crime; to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing databases of law enforcement officers and persons who have been convicted of falsely reporting an incident…
From the amended text, July 1, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the first, second and third degrees; to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the arrest of persons believed to have committed aggravated falsely reporting an incident; to amend the penal law and the civil rights law, in relation to including falsely reporting an incident as a hate crime; to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing databases of law enforcement officers and persons who have been convicted of falsely reporting an incident; and to amend the criminal procedure law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to notifying persons of the termination of certain criminal actions or proceedings and the timeframe for bringing a cause of action for false reporting THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "false reporting survivors act". § 2. The penal law is amended by adding three new sections 240.80, 240.81 and 240.82 to read as follows: § 240.80 AGGRAVATED FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN WITH INTENT TO …