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Senate Bill S4486

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the municipal police training council establish standards for the destruction of controlled substances

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2025-S4486 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2722
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, add §837-y, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9942

2025-S4486 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the municipal police training council establish standards for the destruction of controlled substances; requires such destruction of controlled substances policies be publicly available.

2025-S4486 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4486 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4486
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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 requiring the  munici-
   pal police training council establish standards for the destruction of
   controlled substances

   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
 DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, A
 MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY  GOVERNING  THE  DESTRUCTION  OF   CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCES  BY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT.  THE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A METHOD OF DESTRUCTION THAT WILL RENDER
 ALL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO A NON-RETRIEVABLE STATE TO  PREVENT  DIVER-
 SION  AND  PROTECT  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSISTENT WITH 21 CFR
 PART 1317, PROHIBITED  METHODS  OF  DESTRUCTION,  RECORD  RETENTION  AND
 MANAGEMENT, AND TRAINING.
   (B)  RECOMMEND  TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
 AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, 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 REGARDING  THE  POLICIES
 AND  PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SUBDIVISION, ALONG WITH
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  837-y  to
 read as follows:
   §   837-Y.   DISCLOSURE  OF  THE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  POLICY  FOR  THE
 DESTRUCTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES.  ALL
 STATE  AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHALL POST SUCH MINIMUM STAND-
 ARDS POLICY, AS PROMULGATED UNDER SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF  SECTION  EIGHT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00856-01-5

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