S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2293
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SANDERS -- 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 prohibiting police
officers from carrying or using a firearm during any phase of the
officer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily
completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum stan-
dards established by the municipal police training council
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 840-a
to read as follows:
§ 840-A. MUNICIPAL POLICE; FIREARM USE. NO MUNICIPALITY SHALL ALLOW
ANY POLICE OFFICER IT EMPLOYS TO CARRY OR USE A FIREARM DURING ANY PHASE
OF THE OFFICER'S OFFICIAL DUTIES, WHICH CONSTITUTES ON-DUTY EMPLOYMENT,
UNLESS THE OFFICER HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A COURSE OF TRAINING
THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE MUNICIPAL
POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL IN THE USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AND
FIREARMS, AND ANNUALLY RECEIVES INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF DEADLY PHYS-
ICAL FORCE AND FIREARMS THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS
ESTABLISHED BY THE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL. ALL EMPLOYERS OF
POLICE OFFICERS SHALL CONDUCT, OR PROVIDE THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION,
SUCH TRAINING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION WITH SUFFICIENT FREQUENCY TO
ENSURE THERE IS NO IMPACT ON A POLICE OFFICER'S ON-DUTY EMPLOYMENT DUE
TO LACK OF AVAILABLE TRAINING. A POLICE OFFICER SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERRED
FROM SUCH POLICE OFFICER'S PRECINCT, COMMAND, ASSIGNMENT, POST, SQUAD,
OR TOUR OF DUTY AS A RESULT OF SUCH EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE
TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION. IN ADDITION, SUCH EMPLOYER'S FAIL-
URE TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT IMPAIR
A POLICE OFFICER'S ABILITY TO CARRY A FIREARM WHILE OFF-DUTY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.