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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5224: Designates certain offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5224 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Designates certain offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes. Primary sponsor: Joe DeStefano (Republican/Conservative). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 21, 2026): HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Designates certain offenses against emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, and law enforcement officers as hate crimes; includes the definition of emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, and law enforcement officers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 11 · Republican/Conservative 4 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe DeStefanoPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Ken BlankenbushCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Paul BolognaCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse144
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Alec Brook-KrasnyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse46
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Dave DiPietroCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse147
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
John MikulinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Brian MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Angelo MorinelloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse145
Doug SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Mary Beth WalshCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES
  3. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source