New York S 3999: Enacts the "New York accountability in reporting act"

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S03999 Summary:

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Add §§175.50 & 175.55, Pen L; add §76, Exec L; amd §79-n, Civ Rts L

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Enacts the "New York accountability in reporting act"; establishes the crimes of offering a false report for filing in the second degree and offering a false report for filing in the first degree; requires the creation of public databases for false reporting; provides for a civil remedy for convictions of such crimes.

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3999

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the executive law and the civil rights
 law, in relation to enacting the "New York accountability in reporting
 act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York accountability in reporting act".
 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 175.50 and
 4 175.55 to read as follows:
 5 § 175.50 Offering a false report for filing in the second degree.
 6 A person is guilty of offering a false report for filing in the second
 7 degree when, having previously been disciplined by their employer for
 8 filing a false report, and knowing that a written report contains a
 9 false statement or information about another person, in whole or in
 10 substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race,
 11 color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice,
 12 age, disability or sexual orientation of such other person, the person
 13 offers or presents such report to their employer with the knowledge or
 14 belief that it will be filed with, registered or recorded in or other-
 15 wise become a part of the records of such employer. For the purposes of
 16 this section, "person" means an individual employed by any state or
 17 municipal office, agency or department.
 18 Offering a false report for filing in the second degree is a class A
 19 misdemeanor.
 20 § 175.55 Offering a false report for filing in the first degree.
 21 A person is guilty of offering a false report for filing in the first
 22 degree when having previously been convicted of offering a false report
 23 for filing in the second degree and having previously been placed on
 24 unpaid leave by their employer for filing a later false report, such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07118-01-5

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 1 person, knowing that a written report contains a false statement or
 2 information about another person, in whole or in substantial part
 3 because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national
 4 origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability
 5 or sexual orientation of such other person, offers or presents such
 6 report to their employer with the knowledge or belief that it will be
 7 filed with, registered or recorded in or otherwise become a part of the
 8 records of such employer. For the purposes of this section, "person"
 9 means an individual employed by any state or municipal office, agency or
 10 department.
 11 Offering a false report for filing in the first degree is a class E
 12 felony.
 13 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 76 to read
 14 as follows:
 15 § 76. False reporting database. The attorney general shall establish a
 16 public, searchable database of all convictions under section 175.50
 17 (offering a false report for filing in the second degree), section
 18 175.55 (offering a false report for filing in the second degree),
 19 section 240.50 (falsely reporting an incident in the third degree),
 20 section 240.55 (falsely reporting an inc