New York S 1923: Prohibits falsely reporting an incident and/or making a terroristic threat which include claims of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument being involved or which threaten a school or place of worship

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S01923 Summary:

BILL NOS01923 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWEBER

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COSPNSROBERACKER

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Amd §§240.55, 490.20 & 70.02, add §§240.60-a & 490.22, Pen L

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Prohibits falsely reporting an incident and/or making a terroristic threat which include claims of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument being involved or which threaten a school or place of worship.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1923

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. WEBER, OBERACKER -- 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 prohibiting falsely
 reporting an incident and/or making a terroristic threat which include
 claims of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument being involved or
 which threaten a school or place of worship

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

 1 Section 1. Section 240.55 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 477
 2 of the laws of 1989, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 561 of
 3 the laws of 1999, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 301 of the laws of
 4 2001 and as renumbered by chapter 302 of the laws of 2001, and the clos-
 5 ing paragraph as amended by chapter 301 of the laws of 2001, is amended
 6 to read as follows:
 7 § 240.55 Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree.
 8 A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the second
 9 degree when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to
 10 be false or baseless, [he or she] such person:
 11 1. Initiates or circulates a false report or warning of an alleged
 12 occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, the use or
 13 possession of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument by an individual,
 14 or the release of a hazardous substance under circumstances in which it
 15 is not unlikely that public alarm or inconvenience will result;
 16 2. Reports, by word or action, to any official or quasi-official agen-
 17 cy or organization having the function of dealing with emergencies
 18 involving danger to life or property, an alleged occurrence or impending
 19 occurrence of a fire, explosion, the use or possession of a deadly weap-
 20 on or dangerous instrument by an individual or individuals, or the
 21 release of a hazardous substance which did not in fact occur or does not
 22 in fact exist; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03498-01-5

 S. 1923 2

 1 3. Knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be
 2 false or baseless and under circumstances in which it is likely public
 3 alarm or inconvenience will result, [he or she] such person initiates or
 4 circulates a report or warning of an alleged occurrence or an impending
 5 occurrence of a fire, an explosion, the use or possession of a deadly
 6 weapon or dangerous instrument by an individual or individuals, or the
 7 release of a hazardous substance upon any private premises.
 8 Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree is a class E felo-
 9 ny.
 10 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.60-a to read
 11 as follows:
 12 § 240.60-a Falsely reporting an incident at a school or place of
 13 worship.
 14 1. A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident at a school or
 15 place of worship when such person, knowing the information reported,
 16 conveyed or circulated to be false or baseless and under circumstances
 17 in which it is likely public alarm or inconvenience will result, such
 18 person initiates or circulates a report or warning of an alleged occur-
 19 rence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, the use or
 20 possession of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument by an individual
 21 or individuals in or upon school or a place of worship.
 22 2. For the purposes of this section,