Assembly Bill A681

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer

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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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2023-A681 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §837-w to be §837-x, add §837-y, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10632
2021-2022: A1477

2023-A681 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer.

2023-A681 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    681
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CARROLL, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, FORREST,
   SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DAVILA, MAMDANI -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to prohibiting prior
   peace officers or police officers whose position as  such  was  termi-
   nated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer
   or a police officer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 837-w of the executive law, as added by chapter 219
 of the laws of 2022 is renumbered section 837-x.
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  837-y  to
 read as follows:
   § 837-Y. PEACE OFFICERS AND POLICE OFFICERS TERMINATED FOR MISCONDUCT.
 NO  PERSON  SHALL  BE  A  PEACE  OFFICER  OR A POLICE OFFICER WHERE SUCH
 PERSON'S PRIOR POSITION AS A PEACE  OFFICER  OR  A  POLICE  OFFICER  WAS
 TERMINATED OR VACATED DUE TO SUCH PERSON'S MISCONDUCT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01059-01-3

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