Assembly Bill A4216

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "police and peace officer licensing act"

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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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2023-A4216 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3511
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, add §841-e, Exec L; amd §§1.20 & 2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A5417, S6219

2023-A4216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "police and peace officer licensing act".

2023-A4216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4216
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  criminal  procedure  law,  in
   relation to enacting the "police and peace officer licensing act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "police and peace officer licensing act".
   §  2.  Section  840  of the executive law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   8. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A) ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A  MANDATORY  LICENSING  PROGRAM  FOR  ALL
 CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND PEACE OFFICERS IN THE STATE.
   (B)  ALL  CURRENT  AND  NEW  POLICE OFFICERS AND PEACE OFFICERS IN THE
 STATE SHALL BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION BY  JANUARY  FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   (C)  EVERY LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL REMAIN IN
 EFFECT, UNLESS REVOKED OR SUSPENDED, FOR A  PERIOD  OF  FIVE  YEARS  AND
 SHALL  BE  RENEWED,  IN A MANNER ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL, IN ORDER TO
 CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE.
   (D) PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
 AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF A CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM
 FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW  POLICE  OFFICERS  REGARDING  THE  POLICIES  AND
 PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH PROCE-
 DURES AND POLICIES FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   9. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A) DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE A CONTINUING  EDUCATION  PROGRAM
 FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND PEACE OFFICERS IN THE STATE.
   (B)  SUCH  CONTINUING  EDUCATION PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE LICENSE RENEWAL
 REQUIREMENTS, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF  THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08546-01-3
 A. 4216                             2
              

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