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Bill May 29, 2026

Prohibits imprisonment for sleeping or camping in public spaces

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.

https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A5452/
Phara Souffrant Forrest Assemblymember Yudelka Tapia Assemblymember Cosponsor
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