New York A 3621: Relates to the crimes of falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degrees

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A03621 Summary:

BILL NOA03621 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04776

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SPONSORJones

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COSPNSRGriffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§240.55 & 240.60, Pen L

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Adds falsely reporting the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as part of the crimes of falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degrees.

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BILL NOA03621 

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01/29/2025referred to codes

09/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3621

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crimes of falsely
 reporting an incident in the first and second degrees

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 240.55 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 561 of the laws of 1999, are amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Initiates or circulates a false report or warning of an alleged
 5 occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, [or] the
 6 release of a hazardous substance, or the use of a deadly weapon or
 7 dangerous instrument under circumstances in which it is not unlikely
 8 that public alarm or inconvenience will result;
 9 2. Reports, by word or action, to any official or quasi-official agen-
 10 cy or organization having the function of dealing with emergencies
 11 involving danger to life or property, an alleged occurrence or impending
 12 occurrence of a fire, explosion, [or] the release of a hazardous
 13 substance, or the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument which
 14 did not in fact occur or does not in fact exist; or
 15 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 240.60 of the penal law, as added by
 16 chapter 561 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 17 5. Knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be
 18 false or baseless and under circumstances in which it is likely public
 19 alarm or inconvenience will result, [he or she] such person initiates or
 20 circulates a report or warning of an alleged occurrence or an impending
 21 occurrence of a fire, an explosion, [or] the release of a hazardous
 22 substance or the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument upon
 23 school grounds and it is likely that persons are present on said
 24 grounds.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07689-01-5

 A. 3621 2

 1 § 3. Severability. If any item, clause, sentence, subparagraph, subdi-
 2 vision, section or other part of this act, or the application thereof to
 3 any person or circumstances shall be held to be invalid, such holding
 4 shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, or the
 5 application of such section or part of a section held invalid, to any
 6 other person or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation
 7 to the item, clause, sentence, subparagraph, subdivision, section or
 8 other part of this act directly involved in such holding, or to the
 9 person and circumstances therein involved.
 10 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

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