NY A05452 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - print number 5452a
Pending: Assembly Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - print number 5452a
Pending: Assembly Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Prohibits imposing imprisonment or other penalties or fines for sleeping or camping in public spaces; prohibits involuntary admission to a hospital for observation, care and treatment or deeming a person as posing a substantial risk of physical harm to themself for failing to provide their own essential needs solely due to the fact that such person is sleeping in or upon publicly-owned property which is open to the public at such time.
Title
Prohibits imposing imprisonment or other penalties or fines for sleeping or camping in public spaces; prohibits involuntary admission to a hospital for observation, care and treatment or deeming a person as posing a substantial risk of physical harm to themself for failing to provide their own essential needs solely due to the fact that such person is sleeping in or upon publicly-owned property which is open to the public at such time.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Assembly | print number 5452a |
| 2026-04-13 | Assembly | amend and recommit to codes |
| 2026-01-07 | Assembly | referred to codes |
| 2025-02-14 | Assembly | referred to codes |
