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Assembly Bill A11199A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "police radio transparency act"

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2025-A11199 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10079
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §222-a, Exec L

2025-A11199 - Summary

Requires that any law enforcement agency in the state that encrypts any portion of its radio communications shall ensure that all of its radio communications, with the exception of sensitive information, may be monitored in real time by professional journalists, newscasters, and individuals employed by emergency services organizations.

2025-A11199 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11199
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting  the  "police
   radio transparency act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "police
 radio transparency act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 222-a to
 read as follows:
   § 222-A. LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TRANSPARENCY.    1.  FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "EMERGENCY  SERVICES ORGANIZATION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
 SET FORTH IN SECTION TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B) "ENCRYPTION" SHALL MEAN THE ENCODING OF VOICE COMMUNICATION ON  AN
 ANALOG  OR DIGITALLY MODULATED RADIO CARRIER, WHICH RENDERS THE COMMUNI-
 CATION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO BE MONITORED BY COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
 RADIO RECEIVERS OR SCANNERS.
   (C) "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" SHALL MEAN ANY AGENCY  OR  DEPARTMENT  OF
 ANY  MUNICIPALITY,  ANY  POLICE  DISTRICT,  OR  ANY  AGENCY, DEPARTMENT,
 COMMISSION, AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF  NEW
 YORK  EMPLOYING  AT  LEAST  TWENTY-FIVE  POLICE OFFICERS AS THAT TERM IS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR  OF  SECTION  1.20  OF  THE  CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE  LAW.   "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE DEPART-
 MENT OF CORRECTIONS.
   (D) "PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH
 IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION SEVENTY-NINE-H OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
   (E) "NEWSCASTER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION SEVEN OF SECTION SEVENTY-NINE-H OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
   (F)  "RADIO  COMMUNICATIONS" SHALL MEAN COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE BROAD-
 CAST OVER A RADIO FREQUENCY EITHER FROM  A  DISPATCH  CENTER  TO  POLICE
 OFFICERS,  FROM  POLICE OFFICERS TO A DISPATCH CENTER, OR BETWEEN POLICE
 OFFICERS, AND ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PERSONNEL MONITORING THAT FREQUENCY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2025-A11199A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10079
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §222-a, Exec L

2025-A11199A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that any law enforcement agency in the state that encrypts any portion of its radio communications shall ensure that all of its radio communications, with the exception of sensitive information, may be monitored in real time by professional journalists, newscasters, and individuals employed by emergency services organizations.

2025-A11199A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11199--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "police
   radio transparency act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "police
 radio transparency act".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  222-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  222-A.  LAW  ENFORCEMENT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TRANSPARENCY.  1. FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A) "EMERGENCY SERVICES ORGANIZATION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS
 SET FORTH IN SECTION TWENTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B)  "ENCRYPTION" SHALL MEAN THE ENCODING OF VOICE COMMUNICATION ON AN
 ANALOG OR DIGITALLY MODULATED RADIO CARRIER, WHICH RENDERS THE  COMMUNI-
 CATION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO BE MONITORED BY COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
 RADIO RECEIVERS OR SCANNERS.
   (C)  "LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY" SHALL MEAN ANY AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT OF
 ANY MUNICIPALITY,  ANY  POLICE  DISTRICT,  OR  ANY  AGENCY,  DEPARTMENT,
 COMMISSION,  AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK EMPLOYING AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE POLICE  OFFICERS  AS  THAT  TERM  IS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THIRTY-FOUR  OF  SECTION  1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE LAW.  "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" SHALL NOT INCLUDE  THE  DEPART-
 MENT OF CORRECTIONS.
   (D) "PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH
 IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION SEVENTY-NINE-H OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
   (E)  "NEWSCASTER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVI-
 SION SEVEN OF SECTION SEVENTY-NINE-H OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
   (F) "NEWSGATHERING ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN AN ORGANIZATION OR  ENTITY
 THAT  GATHERS AND REPORTS THE NEWS BY PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING OR CABLE-
 CASTING ARTICLES, COMMENTARIES, BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEO, FILM OR AUDIO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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