Senate Bill S1642

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires police officers to attend annual diversity training seminars

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §214-i, Exec L; add §208-i, Gen Muni L; add §155-a, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8619
2021-2022: S2068

2023-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires police officers to attend annual diversity training seminars.

2023-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1642
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, the general municipal law and the
   town law, in relation to requiring police officers  to  attend  annual
   diversity training seminars

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known  and  may  be  cited  as  the  "law
 enforcement diversity and conflict mitigation training act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 214-i to
 read as follows:
   § 214-I. MANDATORY DIVERSITY TRAINING. 1.  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL,
 FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE:
   (A)  DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 REQUIRING ALL STATE POLICE OFFICERS AND  SUPERVISORS  TO  ATTEND  ANNUAL
 DIVERSITY  SEMINARS  PROVIDING  TRAINING  IN  THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY AND
 INCLUSION, INCLUDING TRAINING PERTAINING TO APPROPRIATE  SENSITIVITY  TO
 ISSUES OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, AGE AND
 DISABILITY;
   (B)  ESTABLISH,  AND IMPLEMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, A TRAINING PROGRAM
 FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW STATE POLICE  OFFICER  EMPLOYEES  REGARDING  THE
 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; AND
   (C)  PROVIDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO
 MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY
 SUCH AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS, TOGETHER  WITH  CONTACT  INFORMATION  FOR
 ENTITIES  OR INDIVIDUALS CONDUCTING SUCH TRAINING AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDI-
 VISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   2. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL  CONTRACT  WITH  NON-POLICE  PROFESSIONALS
 WITH  EXPERTISE  IN  THE  AREAS  OF IMPLICIT BIAS, ANGER MANAGEMENT, AND
 DIVERSITY TRAINING TO CONDUCT THE DIVERSITY  SEMINARS  AS  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION.  THE SEMINARS SHALL BE ATTENDED BY AT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05622-01-3
              

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