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Assembly Bill A4917

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors

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2025-A4917 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1013
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5449, S4002
2023-2024: A2849, S7427

2025-A4917 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors under the age of eighteen.

2025-A4917 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4917
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MEEKS,  CLARK,  LUNSFORD, EPSTEIN, ANDERSON,
   KELLES, TAYLOR, HEVESI, JACKSON, GALLAGHER, SIMON, MAMDANI,  MITAYNES,
   BURDICK,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  HUNTER, SEPTIMO, SEAWRIGHT, BRONSON, ROSEN-
   THAL, ZINERMAN, GIBBS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SIMONE, WEPRIN, BORES, REYES
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred  to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
   chemical agents by police officers against minors
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 840 of the execu-
 tive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 5 to read as follows:
   (5) THE MODEL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF FORCE POLICY  AND  EVERY  USE  OF
 FORCE  POLICY  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS PARA-
 GRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF ANY CHEMICAL AGENT, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  OLEORESIN  CAPSICUM, PEPPER SPRAY AND TEAR GAS AGAINST ANY
 MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02174-01-5

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