Assembly Bill A9918

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires reporting to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program

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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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2021-A9918 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7273
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §837-t, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2022, S5448

2021-A9918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the chief of every police department, each county sheriff, and the superintendent of state police to report to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program.

2021-A9918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9918
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring reporting to
   the federal  bureau  of  investigation's  national  use-of-force  data
   collection program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 837-t of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  A.  IN ADDITION TO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE CHIEF OF  EVERY  POLICE  DEPART-
 MENT,  EACH COUNTY SHERIFF, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE SHALL
 REPORT TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF  INVESTIGATION'S  NATIONAL  USE-OF-FORCE
 DATA  COLLECTION  PROGRAM,  IN  A  FORM  AND MANNER AS REQUESTED BY SUCH
 BUREAU, ANY INSTANCE OR OCCURRENCE IN WHICH A POLICE OFFICER, AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20  OF  THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE
 LAW,  OR  A  PEACE  OFFICER,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2.10 OF THE CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE LAW, EMPLOYS THE USE OF FORCE AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) BRANDISHES, USES OR DISCHARGES A FIREARM OR NON-LETHAL  PROJECTION
 WEAPON,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE USE OF RUBBER BULLETS, AT OR
 IN THE DIRECTION OF ANOTHER PERSON; OR
   (II) USES A CHOKEHOLD OR SIMILAR RESTRAINT THAT  APPLIES  PRESSURE  TO
 THE THROAT OR WINDPIPE OF A PERSON IN A MANNER THAT MAY HINDER BREATHING
 OR REDUCE INTAKE OF AIR; OR
   (III)  DISPLAYS,  USES OR DEPLOYS A CHEMICAL AGENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, OLEORESIN CAPSICUM, PEPPER SPRAY OR TEAR GAS; OR
   (IV) BRANDISHES, USES OR DEPLOYS AN IMPACT WEAPON, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, A BATON OR BILLY; OR
   (V)  BRANDISHES, USES OR DEPLOYS AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL WEAPON, INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN ELECTRONIC STUN  GUN,  FLASH  BOMB  OR  LONG
 RANGE ACOUSTIC DEVICE; OR
   (VI)  ENGAGES  IN CONDUCT WHICH RESULTS IN THE DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY
 INJURY OF ANOTHER PERSON. SERIOUS BODILY INJURY  IS  DEFINED  AS  BODILY
 INJURY  THAT  INVOLVES  A  SUBSTANTIAL  RISK  OF DEATH, UNCONSCIOUSNESS,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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