Requires law enforcement departments to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes; requires the division to promulgate rules and regulations for such reporting; authorizes the division to provide such data to federal bureaus and departments engaged in collecting national crime statistics.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5386
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
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-y to
4 read as follows:
5 § 837-y. Reporting duties of law enforcement departments with respect
6 to hate crimes. 1. The chief of every police department, each county
7 sheriff, and the superintendent of state police shall report, in a
8 manner and timeframe as determined by the division, any instance or
9 occurrence in which a hate crime, as defined in section 485.05 of the
10 penal law, is reported or investigated. The division shall use such
11 reports for the purpose of providing data to federal bureaus or depart-
12 ments engaged in collecting national criminal statistics, including but
13 not limited to the federal bureau of investigation.
14 2. The division shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate
15 the reporting of hate crime data to the division by law enforcement
16 departments as required pursuant to subdivision one of this section such
17 that the division may provide hate crime data to federal bureaus or
18 departments engaged in collecting national criminal statistics, includ-
19 ing but not limited to the federal bureau of investigation.
20 § 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.
LBD07926-01-5
