Directs the state police and department of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of installing available technologies to screen incoming cars to the state of New York for weapons; requires the state police to submit a report to the governor and legislature.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9631
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 21, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT directing the division of state police in conjunction with the
department of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of
using technology to screen cars coming into the state of New York for
weapons
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The division of state police in conjunction with the
department of transportation is hereby directed to conduct a study on
the feasibility of implementing technology to screen all incoming cars
arriving to the state of New York for weapons. Such study shall evaluate
all available technologies and such evaluation shall include, but not be
limited to:
1. The cost of installing and implementing available technologies to
screen incoming cars arriving to the state of New York.
2. The accuracy of such available technologies when screening for
weapons.
3. The effect of installed available technologies on effective traffic
law within the state of New York.
4. Determining which available technologies best protect the civil
liberties of New Yorkers and persons arriving from outside the state.
§ 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
division of state police shall prepare and submit a report to the gover-
nor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
assembly. Such report shall provide recommendations on the best avail-
able technology that screens incoming cars for weapons arriving to New
York state and any recommendations for legislative action as it may deem
necessary and appropriate.
§ 3. 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.
LBD14508-01-6
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