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Assembly Bill A1492

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement against biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody

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2023-A1492 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5104
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4566
2025-2026: A707, S7521

2023-A1492 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement staff against biological hazards posed by spitting of persons in custody.

2023-A1492 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1492
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CLARK,  MEEKS, MITAYNES, JACKSON, GALLAGHER,
   SIMON, STECK, FORREST, BRONSON, SEAWRIGHT, ANDERSON, ZINERMAN --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
   of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and train-
   ing  requirements  for the protection of law enforcement staff against
   the biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24.  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THE
 PROTECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT STAFF AGAINST THE BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS POSED
 BY SPITTING OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY. SUCH REGULATIONS  AND  STANDARDS  MAY
 INCLUDE  THE  PURCHASE  OF  SAFETY  EQUIPMENT, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE
 PURCHASE OR USE OF A SPIT HOOD, SPIT MASK, SPIT COVERING, SPIT  CAP,  OR
 ANY  DEVICE  THAT  COMPLETELY  COVERS  THE  FACE OF THE INDIVIDUAL UNDER
 CONTROL OR UNDER AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL.    SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE COMPLETED  PRIOR  TO  THE  USE  OF  ANY  SUCH
 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04701-01-3

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