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Assembly Bill A7483

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the state police to investigate accusations of police misconduct

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2025-A7483 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §226-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6166
2013-2014: A3719
2015-2016: A2877
2017-2018: A3937
2019-2020: A3531
2021-2022: A1754
2023-2024: A4636

2025-A7483 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the superintendent of state police to investigate accusations of police misconduct filed against town or village police.

2025-A7483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7483
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  requiring  the  state
   police  to  investigate accusations of police misconduct filed against
   town or village police

   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 226-a
 to read as follows:
   § 226-A. INVESTIGATION OF POLICE MISCONDUCT; TOWNS AND VILLAGES.   THE
 SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STATE  POLICE  SHALL ENSURE THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS
 CONDUCTED FOR ANY ACCUSATION OF POLICE MISCONDUCT FILED AGAINST A MEMBER
 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYED BY A TOWN OR VILLAGE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10717-01-5

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