Senate Bill S4213

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to personnel records of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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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2019-S4213 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50-a, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S6826

2019-S4213 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to personnel records of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees; authorizes the disclosure of personnel records under certain circumstances.

2019-S4213 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4213 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4213
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to  personnel  records
   of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 50-a of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter
 778 of the laws of 1981, the section heading as amended by  chapter  757
 of  the  laws of 1986 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 516 of the
 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   §  50-a.  Personnel  records  of  police  officers,  firefighters  and
 correction  officers.  1.  [All]  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISIONS
 FIVE AND SIX OF THIS SECTION, ALL personnel  records  used  to  evaluate
 performance  toward continued employment or promotion, under the control
 of any police agency or department of the state or any political  subdi-
 vision  thereof  including  authorities  or  agencies maintaining police
 forces of individuals defined as police officers in section 1.20 of  the
 criminal procedure law and such personnel records under the control of a
 sheriff's  department  or  a  department  of  correction  of individuals
 employed as correction officers and such  personnel  records  under  the
 control  of  a  paid fire department or force of individuals employed as
 firefighters or firefighter/paramedics and such personnel records  under
 the  control  of the department of corrections and community supervision
 for individuals defined as peace officers pursuant to subdivisions twen-
 ty-three and twenty-three-a of section 2.10 of  the  criminal  procedure
 law  and such personnel records under the control of a probation depart-
 ment for individuals defined as peace officers pursuant  to  subdivision
 twenty-four  of  section  2.10  of  the  criminal procedure law shall be
 considered confidential and not subject to inspection or review  without
 the  express  written  consent  of  such  police  officer,  firefighter,
 firefighter/paramedic, correction officer or peace  officer  within  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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