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Assembly Bill A707

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement against biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody

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2025-A707 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7521
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4566
2023-2024: A1492, S5104

2025-A707 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement staff against biological hazards posed by spitting of persons in custody.

2025-A707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    707
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CLARK,  MEEKS, MITAYNES, JACKSON, GALLAGHER,
   SIMON, STECK, FORREST, BRONSON, SEAWRIGHT, ANDERSON, ZINERMAN, KELLES,
   RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
   of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and train-
   ing requirements for the protection of law enforcement  staff  against
   the biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  FOR  SAFETY  STANDARDS  FOR  THE
 PROTECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT STAFF AGAINST THE BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS POSED
 BY  SPITTING  OF  PERSONS IN CUSTODY. SUCH REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS MAY
 INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT,  BUT  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  THE
 PURCHASE  OR  USE OF A SPIT HOOD, SPIT MASK, SPIT COVERING, SPIT CAP, OR
 ANY DEVICE THAT COMPLETELY COVERS  THE  FACE  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL  UNDER
 CONTROL  OR  UNDER  AN  ATTEMPT TO CONTROL.   SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  TO  BE  COMPLETED  PRIOR  TO  THE USE OF ANY SUCH
 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02584-01-5

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