S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8263
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to training of local
police departments on the address confidentiality program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. (A) THE COUNCIL, IN COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF VICTIM
SERVICES, THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SHALL PROMULGATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITH
REGARD TO TRAINING ON THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO
SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO:
(I) TRAINING ON THE PURPOSE AND BENEFITS OF THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALI-
TY PROGRAM;
(II) PROCEDURES FOR IDENTIFYING AND ASSISTING VICTIMS WHO MAY BE
ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH PROGRAM;
(III) GUIDELINES FOR MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIALITY AND HANDLING SENSI-
TIVE INFORMATION RELATED TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS; AND
(IV) PROTOCOLS FOR COORDINATING WITH THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES AND
OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
(B) SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS AND SHALL
BE INCORPORATED INTO EXISTING TRAINING PROGRAMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE BASIC COURSE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND IN-SERVICE
PROGRAMS.
(C) THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE CONFIRMA-
TION OF COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL POLICE DEPART-
MENTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF
THIS CHAPTER.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 2. Subdivision 8 of section 108 of the executive law, as added by
chapter 502 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
8. Report to the legislature. The secretary shall submit to the legis-
lature, no later than February first of each year, a report that
includes for each county, the total number of applications received, the
total number of persons participating in the program established by this
section during the previous calendar year and the total number of pieces
of mail forwarded to program participants during the previous calendar
year. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE CONFIRMATION FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMI-
NAL JUSTICE SERVICES OF THE DATE THAT EACH COUNTY RECEIVED THE TRAINING
MATERIALS AND WHEN THE TRAINING WAS COMPLETED BY EACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.