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Senate Bill S5472

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants Federal Bureau of Investigation police certain peace officer powers

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2025-S5472 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.15, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6558
2019-2020: S6290
2021-2022: S773
2023-2024: S534

2025-S5472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants Federal Bureau of Investigation police certain peace officer powers.

2025-S5472 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5472
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  granting
   Federal Bureau of Investigation police certain peace officer powers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2.15  of  the  criminal  procedure
 law, as amended by chapter 68 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1.  Federal  Bureau of Investigation special agents AND FEDERAL BUREAU
 OF INVESTIGATION POLICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09708-01-5

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