New York S 5897: Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime

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S05897 Summary:

BILL NOS05897 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §240.49, Pen L

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Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

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BILL NOS05897 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5897

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of falsely
 accusing someone of a crime

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.49 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 240.49 Falsely accusing someone of a crime.
 4 A person is guilty of falsely accusing someone of a crime when such
 5 person signs and submits an accusatory instrument with a member of law
 6 enforcement and does so knowing the content of the accusatory instrument
 7 is false.
 8 Falsely accusing someone of a crime is a class E felony.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 10 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10343-01-5

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