New York A 1345: Relates to the enactment of the student journalist free speech act

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A01345 Summary:

BILL NOA01345 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S00046

&nbsp

SPONSORGray

&nbsp

COSPNSRBendett, Jensen, Novakhov, Angelino, Durso, McDonough, DeStefano, Palmesano, Miller, Mikulin, Brown
 E, Blankenbush, Gandolfo, Brabenec, Manktelow, Morinello, Lemondes, Tague, Brown K, Molitor

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §240.55, Pen L

&nbsp

Includes falsely reporting incidents in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location as a felony offense under the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree.

Go to top A01345 Actions:

BILL NOA01345 

&nbsp

01/09/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

04/21/2026held for consideration in codes

Go to topA01345 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:14/6 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA01345 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01345 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1345

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GRAY, BENDETT, JENSEN, NOVAKHOV, ANGELINO, DURSO,
 McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO, PALMESANO, MILLER, MIKULIN, E. BROWN, BLANKEN-
 BUSH, GANDOLFO, BRABENEC, MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, LEMONDES, TAGUE,
 K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to falsely reporting inci-
 dents in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of
 police officers to a particular address or location

 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 renumbered by chapter 302 of the laws
 4 of 2001, and subdivision 3 as added and the closing paragraph as amended
 5 by chapter 301 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 240.55 Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree.
 7 A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident in the second
 8 degree when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to
 9 be false or baseless, [he or she] such person:
 10 1. Initiates or circulates a false report or warning of an alleged
 11 occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, or the release
 12 of a hazardous substance or in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of
 13 a large number of police officers to a particular address or location
 14 under circumstances in which it is not unlikely that public alarm or
 15 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, or the release of a hazardous substance
 20 which did not in fact occur or does not in fact exist or an alleged
 21 occurrence or impending occurrence of an incident which did not in fact

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00124-01-5

 A. 1345 2

 1 exist in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of
 2 police officers to a particular address or location; or
 3 3. Knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be
 4 false or baseless and under circumstances in which it is likely public
 5 alarm or inconvenience will result, [he or she] such person initiates or
 6 circulates a report or warning of an alleged occurrence or an impending
 7 occurrence of a fire, an explosion, or the release of a hazardous
 8 substance upon any private premises or such person initiates or circu-
 9 lates a report or warning of an alleged occurrence or an impending
 10 occurrence of an incident in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a
 11 large number of police o