Senate Bill S1079

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires intervention in incidents involving incarcerated individuals

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-y, Exec L

2025-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every police officer, peace officer and employee of a correctional facility to intervene in incidents of violence involving incarcerated individuals.

2025-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1079
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring intervention
   in incidents involving incarcerated individuals

   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-y
 to read as follows:
   § 837-Y. DUTY TO INTERVENE; VIOLENCE INVOLVING  INCARCERATED  INDIVID-
 UALS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "POLICE OFFICER" MEANS A PERSON DESIGNATED AS SUCH IN SUBDIVISION
 THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   (B) "PEACE OFFICER" MEANS A PERSON LISTED IN SECTION 2.10 OF THE CRIM-
 INAL PROCEDURE LAW.
   2. EVERY POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER AND EMPLOYEE OF A  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW, SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO INTERVENE WHEN THEY WITNESS ANY INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE INVOLV-
 ING AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL AND ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER
 OR EMPLOYEE OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,  TO  STOP  SUCH  INCIDENT  IN  A
 MANNER  CONDUCIVE TO KEEPING THE PEACE AND PREVENTING VIOLENCE, INJURIES
 AND/OR DEATH.
   3. ANY POLICE OFFICER, PEACE OFFICER OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  A  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY  WHO  FAILS  TO INTERVENE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03519-01-5

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