Assembly Bill A8250

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Permits judges and justices to purchase and use body armor

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A8250 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §144-a, Exec L

2025-A8250 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits judges and justices to purchase and use body armor.

2025-A8250 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8250
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to permitting judges and
   justices to purchase and use body armor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 144-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter
 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 144-a. Eligible professions for the purchase, sale, and use of  body
 armor. The secretary of state in consultation with the division of crim-
 inal  justice  services, the division of homeland security and emergency
 services, the department of corrections and community  supervision,  the
 division  of  the state police, and the office of general services shall
 promulgate rules and regulations  to  establish  criteria  for  eligible
 professions  requiring the use of body armor, as such term is defined in
 subdivision two of section 270.20 of the  penal  law.  Such  professions
 shall  include  those  in  which the duties may expose the individual to
 serious physical injury that may be prevented or mitigated by the  wear-
 ing of body armor WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, JUDGES AND
 JUSTICES.  Such  rules  and  regulations shall also include a process by
 which an individual or entity may request that the profession  in  which
 they  engage  be added to the list of eligible professions, a process by
 which the department shall approve such professions, and  a  process  by
 which individuals and entities may present proof of engagement in eligi-
 ble professions when purchasing body armor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11785-01-5

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