Senate Bill S2876

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to recording certain law enforcement activities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2876 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2448
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-o, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8074, A10387
2019-2020: S3253, A1360

2017-S2876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to recording certain law enforcement activities; provides that a person not under arrest or in the custody of a law enforcement official has the right to record police activity and to maintain custody and control of that recording and of any property or instruments used by that person to record police activities, however, a person in custody or under arrest does not, by that status alone, forfeit such right to record.

2017-S2876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2876
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to  recording  certain
   law enforcement activities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known  and  may  be  cited  as  the  "New
 Yorker's right to monitor act".
   §  2.  The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 79-o to
 read as follows:
   § 79-O. RECORDING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "OFFICER" MEANS ANY PEACE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICER, SECURITY OFFI-
 CER, SECURITY GUARD OR SIMILAR OFFICIAL WHO IS ENGAGED IN A LAW ENFORCE-
 MENT ACTIVITY;
   (B) "LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY" MEANS ANY ACTIVITY BY AN OFFICER ACTING
 UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW; AND
   (C) "RECORD" MEANS TO CAPTURE OR ATTEMPT  TO  CAPTURE  ANY  MOVING  OR
 STILL  IMAGE,  SOUND,  OR  IMPRESSION  THROUGH  THE USE OF ANY RECORDING
 DEVICE, CAMERA, OR ANY OTHER DEVICE CAPABLE OF CAPTURING  AUDIO,  MOVING
 OR STILL IMAGES, OR BY WAY OF WRITTEN NOTES OR OBSERVATIONS.
   2.  RIGHT  TO  RECORD LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES. A PERSON NOT
 UNDER ARREST OR IN THE CUSTODY OF A LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICIAL  HAS  THE
 RIGHT  TO  RECORD  LAW  ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY AND TO MAINTAIN CUSTODY AND
 CONTROL OF THAT RECORDING AND OF ANY PROPERTY  OR  INSTRUMENTS  USED  BY
 THAT  PERSON  TO  RECORD  LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT A PERSON IN CUSTODY OR UNDER ARREST DOES NOT, BY THAT STATUS ALONE,
 FORFEIT THE RIGHT TO HAVE ANY SUCH RECORDINGS,  PROPERTY  AND  EQUIPMENT
 MAINTAINED AND RETURNED TO HIM OR HER. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 BE  CONSTRUED  TO  PERMIT  A PERSON TO ENGAGE IN ACTIONS THAT PHYSICALLY
 INTERFERE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY OR OTHERWISE CONSTITUTE A  CRIME
 DEFINED  IN  THE  PENAL  LAW INVOLVING OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL ADMINIS-
 TRATION.
 
              

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