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S08496 Summary:
BILL NO | S08496 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A10611 |
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SPONSOR | BAILEY |
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COSPNSR | SEPULVEDA, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, GIANARIS, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SAVINO, SERRANO, STAVISKY |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Rpld 50-a, Civ Rts L; amd 86, 87 & 89, Pub Off L | |
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Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records. |
S08496 Actions:
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06/06/2020 | REFERRED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.751 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2020 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2020 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2020 | substituted for a10611 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2020 | ordered to third reading rules cal.67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2020 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2020 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2020 | SIGNED CHAP.96 |
S08496 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
No
Smith
Yes
Abinanti
No
Crouch
ER
Gantt
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
No
Smullen
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
No
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
No
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
No
Stec
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Glick
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
No
Barclay
Yes
Darling
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
No
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
No
Griffin
No
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tague
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
No
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Benedetto
No
DeStefano
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
No
Walczyk
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
No
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
No
Brabenec
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
No
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Burke
Yes
Epstein
No
Jones
Yes
Nolan
No
Salka
Yes
Williams
No
Buttenschon
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
No
Norris
No
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
No
Byrne
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
No
Byrnes
Yes
Fernandez
No
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
No
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Carroll
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
No
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Colton
No
Friend
No
Lawrence
No
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Cook
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S08496 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8496 IN SENATE June 6, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the public officers law, in relation to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records; and to repeal section 50-a of the civil rights law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 50-a of the civil rights law is REPEALED. 2 § 2. Section 86 of the public officers law is amended by adding four 3 new subdivisions 6, 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows: 4 6. "Law enforcement disciplinary records" means any record created in 5 furtherance of a law enforcement disciplinary proceeding, including, but 6 not limited to: 7 (a) the complaints, allegations, and charges against an employee; 8 (b) the name of the employee complained of or charged; 9 (c) the transcript of any disciplinary trial or hearing, including any 10 exhibits introduced at such trial or hearing; 11 (d) the disposition of any disciplinary proceeding; and 12 (e) the final written opinion or memorandum supporting the disposition 13 and discipline imposed including the agency's complete factual findings 14 and its analysis of the conduct and appropriate discipline of the 15 covered employee. 16 7. "Law enforcement disciplinary proceeding" means the commencement of 17 any investigation and any subsequent hearing or disciplinary action 18 conducted by a law enforcement agency. 19 8. "Law enforcement agency" means a police agency or department of the 20 state or any political subdivision thereof, including authorities or 21 agencies maintaining police forces of individuals defined as police 22 officers in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, a sheriff's 23 department, the department of corrections and community supervision, a 24 local department of correction, a local probation department, a fire 25 department, or force of individuals employed as firefighters or 26 firefighter/paramedics. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16577-06-0S. 8496 2 1 9. "Technical infraction" means a minor rule violation by a person 2 employed by a law enforcement agency as defined in this section as a 3 police officer, peace officer, or firefighter or firefighter/paramedic, 4 solely related to the enforcement of administrative departmental rules 5 that (a) do not involve interactions with members of the public, (b) are 6 not of public concern, and (c) are not otherwise connected to such 7 person's investigative, enforcement, training, supervision, or reporting 8 responsibilities. 9 § 3. Section 87 of the public officers law is amended by adding two 10 new subdivisions 4-a and 4-b to read as follows: 11 4-a. A law enforcement agency responding to a request for law enforce- 12 ment disciplinary records as defined in section eighty-six of this arti- 13 cle shall redact any portion of such record containing the information 14 specified in subdivision two-b of section eighty-nine of this article 15 prior to disclosing such record under this article. 16 4-b. A law enforcement agency responding to a request for law enforce- 17 ment disciplinary records, as defined in section eighty-six of this 18 article, may redact any portion of such record containing the informa- 19 tion specified in subdivision two-c of section eighty-nine of this arti- 20 cle prior to disclosing such record under this article. 21 § 4. Section 89 of the public officers law is amended by adding two 22 new subdivisions 2-b and 2-c to read as follows: 23 2-b. For records that constitute law enforcement disciplinary records 24 as defined in subdivision six of section eighty-six of this article, a 25 law enforcement agency shall redact the following information from such 26 records prior to disclosing such records under this article: 27 (a) items involving the medical history of a person employed by a law 28 enforcement agency as defined in section eighty-six of this article as a 29 police officer, peace officer, or firefighter or firefighter/paramedic, 30 not including records obtained during the course of an agency's investi- 31 gation of such person's misconduct that are relevant to the disposition 32 of such investigation; 33 (b) the home addresses, personal telephone numbers, personal cell 34 phone numbers, personal e-mail addresses of a person employed by a law 35 enforcement agency as defined in section eighty-six of this article as a 36 police officer, peace officer, or firefighter or firefighter/paramedic, 37 or a family member of such a person, a complainant or any other person 38 named in a law enforcement disciplinary record, except where required 39 pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law, or in accordance 40 with subdivision four of section two hundred eight of the civil service 41 law, or as otherwise required by law. This paragraph shall not prohibit 42 other provisions of law regarding work-related, publicly available 43 information such as title, salary, and dates of employment; 44 (c) any social security numbers; or 45 (d) disclosure of the use of an employee assistance program, mental 46 health service, or substance abuse assistance service by a person 47 employed by a law enforcement agency as defined in section eighty-six of 48 this article as a police officer, peace officer, or firefighter or 49 firefighter/paramedic, unless such use is mandated by a law enforcement 50 disciplinary proceeding that may otherwise be disclosed pursuant to this 51 article. 52 2-c. For records that constitute "law enforcement disciplinary 53 records" as defined in subdivision six of section eighty-six of this 54 article, a law enforcement agency may redact records pertaining to tech- 55 nical infractions as defined in subdivision nine of section eighty-six 56 of this article prior to disclosing such records under this article.S. 8496 3 1 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.