Assembly Bill A1284

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A1284 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §840, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7284
2023-2024: A4836

2025-A1284 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.

2025-A1284 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1284
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, COLTON, DINOWITZ, FORREST, GLICK, JACKSON,
   KELLES,  CUNNINGHAM, LAVINE, MAGNARELLI, RAGA, SHRESTHA, SIMON, REYES,
   WALKER, ZINERMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "Wander-
   ing Officers Act" prohibiting the  hiring  of  certain  persons  as  a
   police officer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Wandering Officers Act."
   §  2.  Section  840  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   2-C. THE COUNCIL SHALL PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  CONCERNING
 ELIGIBILITY  OF  PERSONS FOR PROVISIONAL OR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT IN THE
 COMPETITIVE CLASS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AS POLICE OFFICERS OF ANY  POLICE
 AGENCY  OR  THE  DIVISION OF STATE POLICE TO PROHIBIT THE PROVISIONAL OR
 PERMANENT APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON AS A POLICE OFFICER IF SUCH PERSON HAS
 PREVIOUSLY BEEN FIRED AS A POLICE OFFICER FROM ANY  JURISDICTION  WITHIN
 OR WITHOUT THE STATE, IF SUCH PERSON LEFT A POSITION AS A POLICE OFFICER
 EITHER  WHILE  UNDER  AN  INVESTIGATION  OR WHILE BEING THE SUBJECT OF A
 DISCIPLINARY ACTION WHICH COULD RESULT IN TERMINATION FROM ANY JURISDIC-
 TION WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE, OR IF SUCH PERSON RESIGNED WHILE CRIM-
 INAL CHARGES WERE PENDING STEMMING FROM ACTIONS COMMITTED WHILE ON  DUTY
 AS A POLICE OFFICER IN ANY JURISDICTION WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02450-01-5

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