A 5452

New York Assembly bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 13, 2026.

Prohibits imprisonment for sleeping or camping in public spaces.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-A-5452

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee Codes

Assembly in_committee 2026-04-13

Healthcare

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.

Sponsor

Phara Souffrant Forrest

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2025-02-14	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-04-13	Status	in_committee
2026-04-13	Latest Action	In Assembly Committee

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