Assembly Actions -
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Jan 16, 2025 |
referred to local governments |
Assembly Bill A2423
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
EPSTEIN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Stefani Zinerman
Demond Meeks
Khaleel Anderson
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
2025-A2423 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2293
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Local Governments
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §840-a, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
A10686
2017-2018: A4596
2019-2020: A5178, S6540
2021-2022: A4937, S3518
2023-2024: A424, S1663
2025-A2423 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a firearm during any phase of the officer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum standards established by the municipal police training council.
2025-A2423 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2423 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, ZINERMAN, MEEKS, ANDERSON, GONZALEZ-RO- JAS, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, JACKSON, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a firearm during any phase of the officer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum stan- dards established by the municipal police training council 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 840-a to read as follows: § 840-A. MUNICIPAL POLICE; FIREARM USE. NO MUNICIPALITY SHALL ALLOW ANY POLICE OFFICER IT EMPLOYS TO CARRY OR USE A FIREARM DURING ANY PHASE OF THE OFFICER'S OFFICIAL DUTIES, WHICH CONSTITUTES ON-DUTY EMPLOYMENT, UNLESS THE OFFICER HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A COURSE OF TRAINING THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL IN THE USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AND FIREARMS, AND ANNUALLY RECEIVES INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF DEADLY PHYS- ICAL FORCE AND FIREARMS THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL. ALL EMPLOYERS OF POLICE OFFICERS SHALL CONDUCT, OR PROVIDE THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, SUCH TRAINING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION WITH SUFFICIENT FREQUENCY TO ENSURE THERE IS NO IMPACT ON A POLICE OFFICER'S ON-DUTY EMPLOYMENT DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE TRAINING. A POLICE OFFICER SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERRED FROM SUCH POLICE OFFICER'S PRECINCT, COMMAND, ASSIGNMENT, POST, SQUAD, OR TOUR OF DUTY AS A RESULT OF SUCH EMPLOYER'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION. IN ADDITION, SUCH EMPLOYER'S FAIL- URE TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT IMPAIR A POLICE OFFICER'S ABILITY TO CARRY A FIREARM WHILE OFF-DUTY. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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