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Senate Bill S1404

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings

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2025-S1404 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §190.55, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5625
2019-2020: S2905
2021-2022: S3548
2023-2024: S4728

2025-S1404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings.

2025-S1404 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1404
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   grand  jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved
   in a shooting or excessive use of force that led or leads to the death
   or personal injury of an unarmed civilian to  be  conducted  in  open,
   contemporaneous public hearings; prohibiting indictment of a police or
   peace  officer  involved in a shooting or an incident involving exces-
   sive use of force by way of an indictment by information; and  requir-
   ing a district attorney who declines to pursue an indictment of police
   or peace officers to provide a report explaining their decision
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 190.55 of the  criminal  procedure
 law is amended to read as follows:
   1.  (A)  A  grand  jury  may  hear and examine evidence concerning the
 alleged commission of any offense prosecutable  in  the  courts  of  the
 county,  and concerning any misconduct, nonfeasance or neglect in public
 office by a public servant, whether criminal or otherwise.
   (B) GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS  FOR  POLICE  OFFICERS  OR  PEACE  OFFICERS
 INVOLVED  IN  A  SHOOTING OR EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE THAT LED OR LEADS TO
 THE DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY OF AN UNARMED CIVILIAN SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED
 IN OPEN, CONTEMPORANEOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS.
   (C)  A DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICERS OR
 PEACE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OR EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE THAT LED
 OR LEADS TO THE DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY OF AN  UNARMED  CIVILIAN  SHALL
 NOT SEEK INDICTMENT OF THE DEFENDANT OFFICERS BY WAY OF AN INDICTMENT BY
 INFORMATION.
   (D) A DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO DECLINES TO PURSUE AN INDICTMENT OF POLICE
 OFFICERS  OR  PEACE  OFFICERS INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OR EXCESSIVE USE OF
 FORCE THAT LED OR LEADS TO THE DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY  OF  AN  UNARMED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04237-01-5

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