Senate Bill S4690

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the department of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on domestic terrorism within the state and to make recommendations to address such terrorism

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

2021-S4690 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7980
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Homeland Security
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2732

2021-S4690 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on domestic terrorism within the state and to make recommendations to address such terrorism.

2021-S4690 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4690
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT directing the  department  of  homeland  security  and  emergency
   services to conduct a study on domestic terrorism within the state and
   to  make  recommendations to address such terrorism; and providing for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  For the purposes of this study "domestic terrorism" shall
 mean the commission, or possible commission, of acts covered under arti-
 cle 490 of the penal law, in which the perpetrator  is  or  would  be  a
 resident  of  the  United States or an organization that operates exclu-
 sively or primarily within the United States.
   § 2. The department of homeland security and emergency services  shall
 conduct  a  study  and make recommendations to combat domestic terrorism
 within the state. Such study shall, at a minimum:
   (a) collect and organize data on the nature  and  extent  of  domestic
 terrorism in the state;
   (b) review state and federal policies and protocols related to combat-
 ting domestic terrorism;
   (c)  identify available federal, state and local programs that provide
 services to victims of domestic terrorism;
   (d) identify available federal, state and local programs that  provide
 services to prevent acts of domestic terrorism;
   (e) identify available federal, state and local programs and resources
 to support efforts to prevent radicalization and disrupt violent extrem-
 ist networks;
   (f)  identify  the  role social media plays in the development of such
 extremist networks;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09399-01-1
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.