Requires law enforcement agents and peace officers to record information in their memo books pertaining to the race of persons with whom they have meaningful interactions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5334
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, EPSTEIN, WALKER, GIBBS -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring law enforce-
ment agents and peace officers to record certain information to their
memo books
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
2 to read as follows:
3 § 837-y. Records in memo books. Every law enforcement agent or peace
4 officer shall make a record in their memo book of the race of every
5 person the agent or officer has a meaningful interaction with during the
6 course of performing their official duties. For the purpose of this
7 section, "meaningful interaction" shall include, but not be limited to
8 conversations entered into pursuant to traffic stops. "Meaningful
9 interaction" shall not include casual conversations the agent or officer
10 engages in which are not germane to or in furtherance of performing
11 their investigatory duties as a law enforcement agent or peace officer.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05081-01-5
