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Assembly Bill A7065

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to creating provisions regarding the unlawful sale of law enforcement identification

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2025-A7065 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §139, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2474
2011-2012: A3261
2013-2014: A3621
2015-2016: A2932
2017-2018: A3592
2019-2020: A3085
2021-2022: A1520
2023-2024: A4512

2025-A7065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of any badge, shield, identification card or other insignia of any police department or law enforcement agency or a facsimile of such a badge or shield; imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $250 for each violation.

2025-A7065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7065
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  unlawful
   sale of law enforcement identification
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 139 to read as follows:
   § 139. UNLAWFUL SALE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INSIGNIA. NO PERSON SHALL SELL
 ANY BADGE, SHIELD, IDENTIFICATION CARD OR OTHER INSIGNIA OF  ANY  POLICE
 DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE,
 COMMISSION OR AUTHORITY OF THIS STATE, OR A FACSIMILE OF ANY SUCH BADGE,
 SHIELD,  IDENTIFICATION CARD OR INSIGNIA EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE OR
 REGULATION ADOPTED BY SUCH POLICE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY.
 A  VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE  BY A
 CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH
 VIOLATION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10541-01-5

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