Senate Bill S8579

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for police, firefighters, correction officers and first responders

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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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2019-S8579 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10601
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §214-g, Exec L; add §208-i, amd §204-d, Gen Muni L; add §155-a, Town L; add §22-b, Cor L; amd §3002, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S341, A1184
2023-2024: S1211, A7449

2019-S8579 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.

2019-S8579 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8579 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8579
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the general  municipal  law  and  the
   town  law,  in  relation  to  requiring the inclusion of diversity and
   inclusion training in the basic  training  and  pre-employment  course
   curriculums  for  state  police officers and municipal police officers
   and sheriffs; to amend the  general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the  inclusion  of  diversity and inclusion training in the
   basic training and pre-employment course curricula for members of fire
   departments and companies; to amend the correction law, in relation to
   requiring the inclusion of diversity and  inclusion  training  in  the
   basic  training  and  pre-employment  course  curricula for correction
   officers; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring
   the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic  train-
   ing and pre-employment course curricula for first responders, emergen-
   cy medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  214-g
 to read as follows:
   §  214-G. TRAINING. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ESTABLISH POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES REQUIRING THAT STATE POLICE BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT
 COURSE CURRICULA INCLUDE TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY  AND  INCLU-
 SION, INCLUDING TRAINING PERTAINING TO APPROPRIATE SENSITIVITY TO ISSUES
 OF  RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, AGE AND DISA-
 BILITIES. SUCH TRAINING SHALL COMPRISE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY  PERCENT  OF
 THE  BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE TRAINING CURRICULA. DIVER-
 SITY TRAINING SHALL BE PROVIDED BY AN ACCREDITED EDUCATOR AND/OR TRAINER
 APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE.
   2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE  SHALL  PROVIDE  INFORMATION
 PERTAINING  TO SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCIES  AND  DEPARTMENTS,  FIRE   DEPARTMENTS,   THE   DEPARTMENT   OF
 CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR
 IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CURRICULA BY SUCH AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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