New York S 5943: Requires law enforcement departments to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes

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S05943 Summary:

BILL NOS05943A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05386-A

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add 837-z, Exec L

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Requires every sheriff, county or city commissioner of correction and head of every state, county, or local police department to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes; requires the division to promulgate rules and regulations for such reporting.

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BILL NOS05943A

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO CODES

05/27/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

05/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 5943A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5943--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to reporting of hate
 crimes by law enforcement departments

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "hate crime
 2 accountability and transparency enforcement (HATE) reporting act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-z to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 837-z. Reporting duties of law enforcement departments with respect
 6 to hate crimes. 1. Every sheriff, county or city commissioner of
 7 correction and head of every state, county, or local police depart-
 8 ment, shall report to the division, in a manner and timeframe as deter-
 9 mined by the division, any instance or occurrence in which a hate crime,
 10 as defined in section 485.05 of the penal law, is reported or investi-
 11 gated. Such reports shall be transmitted to the division such that
 12 the division may provide such hate crime data to the federal bureau of
 13 investigation in a manner consistent with the requirements of the
 14 National Incident-Based Reporting System.
 15 2. The division shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate
 16 the reporting of hate crime data to the division by law enforcement
 17 departments as required pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07926-03-5

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