Assembly Bill A35

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers involving racial profiling

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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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2019-A35 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3252
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-t, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3546, S2280
2011-2012: A4016, S1496
2013-2014: A4682, S1833
2015-2016: A6398, S935
2017-2018: A253, S3079
2021-2022: A158, S3026
2023-2024: A6649, S2624

2019-A35 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers; defines "racial profiling"; authorizes division of criminal justice services to conduct a study relating to racial profiling; prohibits use of race or ethnicity of an individual as the sole factor in determining the existence of probable cause to place such person under arrest or take into custody.

2019-A35 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    35
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PEOPLES-
   STOKES -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to traffic stops
   conducted by law enforcement officers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-t
 to read as follows:
   § 837-T. PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING IN TRAFFIC STOPS. 1.  FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "RACIAL PROFILING" MEANS THE DETENTION, INTER-
 DICTION OR OTHER DISPARATE TREATMENT OF  AN  INDIVIDUAL  SOLELY  ON  THE
 BASIS OF THE RACIAL OR ETHNIC STATUS OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
   2.  NO  MEMBER  OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, A SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A
 MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OTHER LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  SHALL
 ENGAGE  IN RACIAL PROFILING. THE DETENTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL BASED ON ANY
 NONCRIMINAL FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF NONCRIMINAL FACTORS IS INCONSISTENT
 WITH THIS POLICY.
   3. THE RACE OR ETHNICITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT BE THE SOLE FACTOR
 IN DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE OF PROBABLE CAUSE TO PLACE  IN  CUSTODY  OR
 ARREST  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR  IN CONSTITUTING A REASONABLE AND ARTICULABLE
 SUSPICION THAT AN OFFENSE HAS BEEN OR IS BEING COMMITTED SO AS TO JUSTI-
 FY THE DETENTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR THE INVESTIGATORY STOP OF  A  MOTOR
 VEHICLE.
   4.  (A)  NOT  LATER  THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, EACH
 MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE DIVISION OF STATE
 POLICE SHALL  ADOPT  A  WRITTEN  POLICY  THAT  PROHIBITS  THE  STOPPING,
 DETENTION  OR  SEARCH OF ANY PERSON WHEN SUCH ACTION IS SOLELY MOTIVATED
 BY CONSIDERATIONS OF RACE,  COLOR,  ETHNICITY,  AGE,  GENDER  OR  SEXUAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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