Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S1216

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to crisis intervention training for police officers

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2025-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8393
2019-2020: S2165
2021-2022: S3375
2023-2024: S1426

2025-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to crisis intervention training for police officers in any city having a population of one million or more.

2025-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1216
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  crisis  intervention
   training
 
   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. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
   (A) DEVELOP,  MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL  HYGIENE  AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
 ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REGARD-
 ING PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONSE TO CRISIS SITUATIONS INVOLVING  PERSONS  WITH
 MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCE-
 DURES  SHALL  MAKE  PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ALL NEW
 AND VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS IN ANY  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR  MORE  ON  THE  PROTOCOLS  FOR RESPONSE TO CRISIS SITUATIONS
 INVOLVING PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  DISORDER;
 AND
   (B)  RECOMMEND  TO THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS OF  A  TRAINING
 PROGRAM  FOR  ALL  CURRENT  AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS IN ANY CITY HAVING A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE REGARDING THE POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
 PERIODIC RETRAINING OF SUCH OFFICERS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03232-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.