Assembly Bill A10128

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the handcuffing or forcible restraint of certain juveniles in certain circumstances; limits warrantless arrests of juveniles except where the arrest is necessary for public safety

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A10128 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §35.30, Pen L; amd §140.10, CP L; amd §305.2, Fam Ct Act; add §76, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A429

2021-A10128 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits handcuffing or forcibly restraining children age twelve and under unless such child presents a danger to such child, the officer or others; limits warrantless arrests of persons under age eighteen except where the arrest is necessary for public safety; establishes a twenty-four hour hotline for police officers to consult with youth social services personnel and attorneys regarding interactions with children and adolescents.

2021-A10128 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10128
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law, the family
   court act, and the executive law, in relation to prohibiting the hand-
   cuffing or forcible restraint of certain juveniles in certain  circum-
   stances;  and  limiting  warrantless arrests of juveniles except where
   the arrest is necessary for public safety
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 35.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. (A) (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR
 ANY OTHER CONTRARY PROVISION OF LAW, A POLICE OFFICER OR A  PEACE  OFFI-
 CER, IN THE COURSE OF EFFECTING OR ATTEMPTING TO EFFECT AN ARREST, OR OF
 PREVENTING  OR ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY, OF A CHILD
 AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHOM
 SUCH OFFICER REASONABLY BELIEVES TO HAVE COMMITTED AN OFFENSE,  MAY  USE
 PHYSICAL  FORCE  ONLY  WHEN  SUCH OFFICER REASONABLY BELIEVES SUCH CHILD
 POSES AN IMMINENT RISK OF DANGER TO SUCH CHILD, THE OFFICER, OR  ANOTHER
 PERSON,  NOR  SHALL  ANY  SUCH  OFFICER  HANDCUFF  OR OTHERWISE FORCIBLY
 RESTRAIN SUCH CHILD UNLESS SUCH OFFICER REASONABLY BELIEVES  SUCH  CHILD
 POSES  AN IMMINENT RISK OF DANGER TO SUCH CHILD, THE OFFICER, OR A THIRD
 PERSON.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY PROVISION OF  THIS  SECTION  OR  ANY
 OTHER CONTRARY PROVISION OF LAW, A POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER, IN
 THE  COURSE  OF  EFFECTING  OR  ATTEMPTING  TO  EFFECT  AN ARREST, OR OF
 PREVENTING OR ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT  THE  ESCAPE  FROM  CUSTODY,  OF  AN
 ADOLESCENT  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBPARAGRAPH  (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, MAY HANDCUFF OR OTHERWISE FORCIBLY RESTRAIN SUCH ADOLESCENT
 WHEN, IN SUCH OFFICER'S DISCRETION,  SUCH  PHYSICAL  FORCE  OR  FORCIBLE
 RESTRAINT  IS  NECESSARY  TO EFFECT THE ARREST, PREVENT THE ESCAPE OR TO
 OVERCOME RESISTANCE FROM SUCH ADOLESCENT BASED ON THE NATURE AND SEVERI-
 TY OF THE ALLEGED OFFENSE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE INTERACTION  WITH
 SUCH ADOLESCENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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