STATE OF NEW YORK
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1664
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HELMING,
MATTERA, PALUMBO, ROLISON, TEDISCO -- 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 providing
access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 160.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-a. Following an arrest by a society for the prevention of cruelty to
4 animals officer, such officer shall be permitted access to the live scan
5 fingerprinting system or similar technology in order to effectuate the
6 completion of such arrest independently and without the assistance of
7 other law enforcement personnel.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
10 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
11 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
12 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03883-01-5
