STATE OF NEW YORK
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9615
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the executive law, in
relation to prohibiting law enforcement from cooperating with out-of-
state investigations related to the provision of lawful abortions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 140.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. A police officer may not arrest any person for performing or
4 aiding in the performance of an abortion within this state, or in
5 procuring an abortion in this state, if the abortion is performed in
6 accordance with the provisions of article twenty-five-A of the public
7 health law or any other applicable law of this state.
8 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-w to
9 read as follows:
10 § 837-w. Cooperation with certain out-of-state investigations. No
11 state or local law enforcement agency shall cooperate with or provide
12 information to any individual or out-of-state agency or department
13 regarding the provision of a lawful abortion performed in this state.
14 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the investigation of any criminal
15 activity in this state which may involve the performance of an abortion,
16 provided that no information relating to any medical procedure
17 performed on a specific individual may be shared with an out-of-state
18 agency or any other individual.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15129-01-2
