NY State Senate Bill 2021-S9407B

Senate Bill S9407B

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the unlawful purchase and the unlawful sale or delivery of a body vest

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 06, 2022	signed chap.210
Jun 03, 2022	delivered to governor
Jun 02, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.664 substituted for a10497 referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1872 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 30, 2022	print number 9407b
May 30, 2022	amend and recommit to codes print number 9407a
May 30, 2022	amend (t) and recommit to codes
May 24, 2022	referred to codes

Votes

- Jun 2, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S9407B
  
  55
  
  Aye
  
  8
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 2, 2022
      
      aye (55)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      nay (8)
      
      Borrello
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Jordan
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
  Jun 2, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S9407B
  
  17
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2022
      
      aye (17)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      Ritchie
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2021-S9407 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10497
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§270.21 & 270.22, Pen L; add §396-eee, Gen Bus L; add §144-a, Exec L

2021-S9407 - Summary

Prohibits the purchase of a body vest; establishes that the purchase of a body vest shall be a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class E felony for each subsequent offense; establishes that the unlawful sale of a body vest shall be a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for any subsequent offense; creates a civil penalty for the unlawful sale or delivery of body vests.

2021-S9407 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9407

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful purchase or
possession of a body vest

 
PURPOSE:

This bill amends Penal Law Section 270.20 to find a person guilty of the
unlawful wearing of a body vest while committing any misdemeanor or
felony, regardless of the nature of the crime committed. It further
mandates that the sentence imposed for wearing a body vest would run
consecutively with the sentence imposed for the conviction of the
under-lying crime.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISION:

Section 1 amends Penal Law Section 270.20 to find a person guilty of the
unlawful wearing of a body vest while committing any misdemeanor or
felony, regardless of the nature of the crime committed.

Section 2 provides that when a person is convicted of the unlawful wear-
ing of a body vest while committing a crime, the sentence given by the
court shall run consecutively to any sentence imposed for the conviction
of the underlying crime.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date. This act shall take effect on
the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, under Section 270.20 of the Penal Law, the prohibition of
wearing a body vest only applies to those committing a violent felony
while possessing a firearm, rifle, or shotgun. This bill would apply the
prohibition of wearing a body vest to the commission of any crime,
whether a misdemeanor or felony.

Currently, this section does not apply to either those wearing body
vests while using knives or other weapons in the commission of a crime
or committing crimes which do not rise to the level of a violent felony.
There should be no distinction.

The use of body vests by criminals emboldens them to commit crimes.
This bill would deter the use of body vests since the penalty would run
consecutively with the sentence for the underlying crime.  Further, this
bill would help protect law enforcement officers since it would discour-
age the use of body vests in all crimes - not just violent felonies
committed while using firearms.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: A8539 - referred to codes

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2021-S9407 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9407
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful  purchase  or
   possession of a body vest
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.21  to
 read as follows:
 § 270.21 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF A BODY VEST.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF THE UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF A BODY
 VEST WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY PURCHASES  OR  POSSESSES  A
 BODY  VEST, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 270.20
 OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ACTIVE LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, OR THOSE WHOSE OCCU-
 PATIONS REQUIRE THE USE OF BODY VESTS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 STATE.
   UNLAWFUL  PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF A BODY VEST IS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
 NOR FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
   § 2. Any person currently in possession of a body vest, as  such  term
 is  defined  in  subdivision 2 of section 270.20 of the penal law, shall
 have 15 days from the effective date of this act to dispose of such body
 vest at any local or state law enforcement agency.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S                                                          LBD15910-01-2

co-Sponsors

2021-S9407A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10497
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§270.21 & 270.22, Pen L; add §396-eee, Gen Bus L; add §144-a, Exec L

2021-S9407A - Summary

2021-S9407A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9407A

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the penal law, the general business law and the execu-
tive law, in relation to the unlawful purchase and unlawful sale or
delivery  of a body vest

 
PURPOSE:

This bill amends Penal Law Section 270.20 to find a person guilty of the
unlawful wearing of a body vest while committing any misdemeanor or
felony, regardless of the nature of the crime committed. It further
mandates that the sentence imposed for wearing a body vest would run
consecutively with the sentence imposed for the conviction of the
under-lying crime.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISION:

Section 1 amends Penal Law Section 270.20 to find a person guilty of the
unlawful wearing of a body vest while committing any misdemeanor or

felony, regardless of the nature of the crime committed.

Section 2 provides that when a person is convicted of the unlawful wear-
ing of a body vest while committing a crime, the sentence given by the
court shall run consecutively to any sentence imposed for the conviction
of the underlying crime.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date. This act shall take effect on
the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, under Section 270.20 of the Penal Law, the prohibition of
wearing a body vest only applies to those committing a violent felony
while possessing a firearm, rifle, or shotgun. This bill would apply the
prohibition of wearing a body vest to the commission of any crime,
whether a misdemeanor or felony.

Currently, this section does not apply to either those wearing body
vests while using knives or other weapons in the commission of a crime
or committing crimes which do not rise to the level of a violent felony.
There should be no distinction.

The use of body vests by criminals emboldens them to commit crimes.
This bill would deter the use of body vests since the penalty would run
consecutively with the sentence for the underlying crime.  Further, this
bill would help protect law enforcement officers since it would discour-
age the use of body vests in all crimes - not just violent felonies
committed while using firearms.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: A8539 - referred to codes

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2021-S9407A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9407--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, the general business law and the execu-
   tive law, in relation to the unlawful purchase and  unlawful  sale  or
   delivery  of a body vest
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections  270.21
 and 270.22 to read as follows:
 § 270.21 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF A BODY VEST.
   A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF THE UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF A BODY VEST WHEN, NOT
 BEING ENGAGED OR EMPLOYED IN  AN  ELIGIBLE  PROFESSION,  THEY  KNOWINGLY
 PURCHASE  OR  TAKE POSSESSION OF A BODY VEST, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 270.20 OF THIS ARTICLE.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 NOT  APPLY  TO  INDIVIDUALS  OR ENTITIES ENGAGED OR EMPLOYED IN ELIGIBLE
 PROFESSIONS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE POLICE OFFICERS AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, PEACE OFFICERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 2.10  OF  THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, PERSONS IN MILITARY SERVICE IN THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK OR MILITARY OR OTHER SERVICE FOR  THE  UNITED  STATES,
 AND  SUCH  OTHER  PROFESSIONS  DESIGNATED  BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF A BODY VEST IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR A  FIRST
 OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
 § 270.22 UNLAWFUL SALE OF A BODY VEST.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF THE UNLAWFUL SALE OF A BODY VEST WHEN THEY SELL,
 EXCHANGE,  GIVE  OR  DISPOSE  OF A BODY VEST, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 270.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHOM
 THEY KNOW IS NOT ENGAGED OR EMPLOYED IN AN ELIGIBLE PROFESSION, AS  SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 270.21 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   UNLAWFUL  SALE  OF  A BODY VEST IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR THE FIRST
 OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15910-05-2

 S. 9407--A                          2
 
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  396-
 eee to read as follows:
   § 396-EEE. UNLAWFUL SALE OR DELIVERY OF BODY VESTS. 1. NO PERSON, FIRM
 OR  CORPORATION  SHALL  SELL  OR DELIVER BODY VESTS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR
 ENTITY NOT ENGAGED OR EMPLOYED IN AN ELIGIBLE PROFESSION, AND  EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, NO SUCH SALE OR  DELIVERY
 SHALL  BE  PERMITTED  UNLESS  THE  TRANSFEREE  MEETS  IN PERSON WITH THE
 TRANSFEROR TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH SALE OR DELIVERY.
   2. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  REGARDING  IN
 PERSON  SALE  OR  DELIVERY SHALL NOT APPLY TO PURCHASES MADE BY STATE OR
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURNISHING SUCH BODY  VESTS
 TO EMPLOYEES IN ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS.
   3.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BODY VEST" SHALL HAVE THE SAME
 MEANING AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  270.20  OF  THE  PENAL
 LAW.
   4. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT VIOLATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION PUNISHABLE BY A FINE IN AN AMOUNT
 NOT  TO  EXCEED  FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND IN AN
 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
   § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  144-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  144-A. ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS FOR THE PURCHASE, SALE, AND USE OF BODY
 VESTS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIM-
 INAL JUSTICE SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY  AND  EMERGENCY
 SERVICES,  THE  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, THE
 DIVISION OF THE STATE POLICE, AND THE OFFICE OF GENERAL  SERVICES  SHALL
 PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO  ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE
 PROFESSIONS REQUIRING THE USE OF A BODY VEST, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 270.20 OF THE  PENAL  LAW.  SUCH  PROFESSIONS
 SHALL  INCLUDE  THOSE  IN  WHICH THE DUTIES MAY EXPOSE THE INDIVIDUAL TO
 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY THAT MAY BE PREVENTED OR MITIGATED BY THE  WEAR-
 ING  OF  A  BODY  VEST.  SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A
 PROCESS BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY MAY REQUEST THAT THE PROFESSION
 IN WHICH THEY ENGAGE BE ADDED TO THE LIST  OF  ELIGIBLE  PROFESSIONS,  A
 PROCESS  BY  WHICH  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE SUCH PROFESSIONS, AND A
 PROCESS BY WHICH INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES MAY PRESENT PROOF  OF  ENGAGE-
 MENT IN ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS WHEN PURCHASING A BODY VEST.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

co-Sponsors

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2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10497
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§270.21 & 270.22, Pen L; add §396-eee, Gen Bus L; add §144-a, Exec L

2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9407--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the general business law and  the  execu-
   tive  law,  in  relation to the unlawful purchase and unlawful sale or
   delivery  of a body vest
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 270.21
 and 270.22 to read as follows:
 § 270.21 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF A BODY VEST.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF THE UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF A BODY VEST  WHEN,  NOT
 BEING  ENGAGED  OR  EMPLOYED  IN  AN ELIGIBLE PROFESSION, THEY KNOWINGLY
 PURCHASE OR TAKE POSSESSION OF A BODY VEST, AS SUCH TERM IS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION 270.20 OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS SECTION SHALL
 NOT APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES ENGAGED  OR  EMPLOYED  IN  ELIGIBLE
 PROFESSIONS,  WHICH  SHALL INCLUDE POLICE OFFICERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, PEACE OFFICERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 2.10 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, PERSONS IN MILITARY SERVICE  IN  THE
 STATE  OF  NEW  YORK OR MILITARY OR OTHER SERVICE FOR THE UNITED STATES,
 AND SUCH OTHER PROFESSIONS DESIGNATED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   UNLAWFUL  PURCHASE OF A BODY VEST IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR A FIRST
 OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
 § 270.22 UNLAWFUL SALE OF A BODY VEST.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF THE UNLAWFUL SALE OF A BODY VEST WHEN THEY SELL,
 EXCHANGE, GIVE OR DISPOSE OF A BODY VEST, AS SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 270.20 OF THIS ARTICLE, TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHOM
 THEY  KNOW OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IS NOT ENGAGED OR EMPLOYED IN
 AN ELIGIBLE PROFESSION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  270.21  OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15910-08-2

 S. 9407--B                          2
 
   UNLAWFUL  SALE  OF  A BODY VEST IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR THE FIRST
 OFFENSE AND A CLASS E FELONY FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
   §  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 396-
 eee to read as follows:
   § 396-EEE. UNLAWFUL SALE OR DELIVERY OF BODY VESTS. 1. NO PERSON, FIRM
 OR CORPORATION SHALL SELL OR DELIVER BODY VESTS  TO  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  OR
 ENTITY NOT ENGAGED OR EMPLOYED IN AN ELIGIBLE PROFESSION, AND  EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED  IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, NO SUCH SALE OR DELIVERY
 SHALL BE PERMITTED UNLESS  THE  TRANSFEREE  MEETS  IN  PERSON  WITH  THE
 TRANSFEROR TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH SALE OR DELIVERY.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION REGARDING IN
 PERSON SALE OR DELIVERY SHALL NOT APPLY TO PURCHASES MADE  BY  STATE  OR
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURNISHING SUCH BODY VESTS
 TO EMPLOYEES IN ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BODY VEST" SHALL HAVE  THE  SAME
 MEANING  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 270.20 OF THE PENAL
 LAW.
   4. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT VIOLATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION PUNISHABLE BY A FINE IN AN AMOUNT
 NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE  FIRST  OFFENSE  AND  IN  AN
 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.
   §  3.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 144-a to
 read as follows:
   § 144-A. ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS FOR THE PURCHASE, SALE, AND USE OF  BODY
 VESTS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIM-
 INAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
 SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION,  THE
 DIVISION  OF  THE STATE POLICE, AND THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  TO  ESTABLISH  CRITERIA  FOR  ELIGIBLE
 PROFESSIONS REQUIRING THE USE OF A BODY VEST, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  270.20 OF THE PENAL LAW. SUCH PROFESSIONS
 SHALL INCLUDE THOSE IN WHICH THE DUTIES MAY  EXPOSE  THE  INDIVIDUAL  TO
 SERIOUS  PHYSICAL INJURY THAT MAY BE PREVENTED OR MITIGATED BY THE WEAR-
 ING OF A BODY VEST. SUCH RULES AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  A
 PROCESS BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY MAY REQUEST THAT THE PROFESSION
 IN  WHICH  THEY  ENGAGE  BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS, A
 PROCESS BY WHICH THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE SUCH  PROFESSIONS,  AND  A
 PROCESS  BY  WHICH INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES MAY PRESENT PROOF OF ENGAGE-
 MENT IN ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS WHEN PURCHASING A BODY VEST.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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2021-S9407 - Details

2021-S9407 - Summary

2021-S9407 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9407 - Bill Text download pdf

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2021-S9407A - Details

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2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9407B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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