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S05298 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05298 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A03727 |
| SPONSOR | FERNANDEZ |
| COSPNSR | SALAZAR |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add 170-g, Exec L | |
| Prohibits members of law enforcement from using tear gas at any time. | |
S05298 Actions:
| BILL NO | S05298 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 03/01/2023 | REFERRED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/03/2024 | REFERRED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S05298 Committee Votes:
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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5298 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 1, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting members of law enforcement from using tear gas 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 170-g 2 to read as follows: 3 § 170-g. Prohibition of the use of tear gas by law enforcement. Indi- 4 viduals employed by the state or a local municipality acting as a police 5 officer, peace officer or correction officer shall be prohibited from 6 using tear gas or any alternate form of tear gas at any time. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07738-01-3