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Assembly Bill A5334

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires law enforcement agents and peace officers to record information pertaining to the race of persons they have meaningful interactions with in their memo books

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2025-A5334 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-y, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7743
2017-2018: A5283
2019-2020: A7173
2021-2022: A5756
2023-2024: A4841

2025-A5334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires law enforcement agents and peace officers to record information in their memo books pertaining to the race of persons with whom they have meaningful interactions.

2025-A5334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5334
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS, EPSTEIN, WALKER, GIBBS -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring law enforce-
   ment  agents and peace officers to record certain information to their
   memo books

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 to read as follows:
   § 837-Y. RECORDS IN MEMO BOOKS. EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT  OR  PEACE
 OFFICER  SHALL  MAKE  A  RECORD  IN THEIR MEMO BOOK OF THE RACE OF EVERY
 PERSON THE AGENT OR OFFICER HAS A MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH DURING THE
 COURSE OF PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  "MEANINGFUL  INTERACTION" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO
 CONVERSATIONS ENTERED INTO  PURSUANT  TO  TRAFFIC  STOPS.    "MEANINGFUL
 INTERACTION" SHALL NOT INCLUDE CASUAL CONVERSATIONS THE AGENT OR OFFICER
 ENGAGES  IN  WHICH  ARE  NOT  GERMANE TO OR IN FURTHERANCE OF PERFORMING
 THEIR INVESTIGATORY DUTIES AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR PEACE OFFICER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05081-01-5

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