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S 5943: 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.
What S 5943 does, verified January 8, 2026
The Hate Crime Accountability and Transparency Enforcement (Hate) Reporting Act aims to improve the reporting of hate crimes in New York State. Law enforcement departments, including sheriffs, police chiefs, and local police departments, will be required to report instances of hate crimes to the Division. These reports will be transmitted in a specified manner and timeframe, allowing the Division to collect and analyze hate crime data. The Division will promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the accurate reporting of hate crime data. The Act will take effect on January 1, 2026, and will help to increase transparency and accountability in the reporting of hate crimes in New York State.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5943
- What is the current status of S 5943?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5943 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO CODES".
- Did S 5943 pass?
- Not yet. S 5943 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5943, and where is it now?
- S 5943 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| May. 27, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 5943A |
| May. 27, 2025 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 325 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5943 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 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
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