New York A 7215: Prohibits publishers from limiting the number of copies of e-books available at public libraries

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A07215 Summary:

BILL NOA07215B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRamos

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COSPNSRWeprin

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MLTSPNSRSimon

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Add §§240.80, 240.81 & 240.82, amd §485.05, Pen L; amd §§140.10, 160.50 & 30.10, CP L; amd §79-n, Civ Rts L;
amd §75, add §76, Exec L; amd §214, CPLR

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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.

Go to top A07215 Actions:

BILL NOA07215B

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03/21/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

03/05/2026amend (t) and recommit to codes

03/05/2026print number 7215a

07/01/2026amend and recommit to codes

07/01/2026print number 7215b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7215--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommit-
 ted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit-
 tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to
 said committee

 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 data-
 bases 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 Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "false reporting survivors act".
 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding three new sections 240.80,
 4 240.81 and 240.82 to read as follows:
 5 § 240.80 Aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the third degree.
 6 A person is guilty of aggravated falsely reporting an incident in the
 7 third degree when with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm anoth-
 8 er person, because of a belief or perception regarding a person's race,
 9 color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, disability, sexual
 10 orientation, gender identity or expression, or ethnicity regardless of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00358-06-6

 A. 7215--B 2

 1 whether the belief or perception is correct, such perso