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Senate Bill S2208

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to designating certain medical providers employed by a municipal police department, while deployed with the special weapons and tactics team, as peace officers

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2025-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6643
2017-2018: S1851
2019-2020: S243
2021-2022: S3487
2023-2024: S781

2025-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to designating certain medical providers employed by a municipal police department, while deployed with the special weapons and tactics team, as peace officers.

2025-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2208
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  designating
   tactical  medical  providers employed by a municipal police department
   as peace officers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows:
   88. A TACTICAL MEDICAL PROVIDER DESIGNATED BY THE HEAD OF A  MUNICIPAL
 POLICE  DEPARTMENT  OR  SHERIFF; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH OFFICER TO CARRY, POSSESS,
 REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE  LICENSE  THEREFOR
 HAS  BEEN  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.   FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION A TACTICAL MEDICAL PROVIDER  SHALL  MEAN  A
 LICENSED PHYSICIAN, PARAMEDIC OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04361-01-5

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