Bill > A10606

This bill establishes the crimes of "aggravated falsely reporting an incident" in the first, second, and third degrees. These crimes occur when a person commits the existing crimes of falsely reporting an incident, but does so with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person because of a belief or perception about that person's race, color, national origin, or ancestry. The bill also authorizes law enforcement to arrest individuals without a warrant if they have reasonable cause to believe the person has committed any of these new or existing "falsely reporting an incident" offenses.