S 5887 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the class E felony of dissemination of false missing child information

This bill creates a new class E felony for knowingly spreading false information about a missing child. It makes it illegal to report or circulate a false claim that a child is missing (as defined by law), if that false report leads to public funds being spent on an unnecessary investigation. The law targets individuals who deliberately share untrue missing child reports, not accidental errors. It directly affects people who make such false reports, imposing criminal penalties for wasting public resources on non-existent cases.
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Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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