Senate Bill S964

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the prohibition on certain databases and registries

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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-S964 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-r, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4234
2019-2020: S1853
2021-2022: S798
2023-2024: S3159

2025-S964 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no state or local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, property, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national or ethnic origin.

2025-S964 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S964 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    964
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BAILEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER,
   SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to the prohibition on
   certain databases and registries

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
 79-r to read as follows:
   § 79-R. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DATABASES AND REGISTRIES.  NO STATE  OR
 LOCAL AGENCY, OR ANY AGENT THEREOF, MAY USE ANY FUNDS, FACILITIES, PROP-
 ERTY,  EQUIPMENT  OR PERSONNEL OF SUCH AGENCY TO INVESTIGATE, ENFORCE OR
 PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE INVESTIGATION OR ENFORCEMENT  OF  ANY  FEDERAL
 PROGRAM REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF INDIVIDUALS, OR MAINTAINING A DATABASE
 OF  INDIVIDUALS,  ON  THE  BASIS  OF  RACE, COLOR, CREED, GENDER, SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN.   FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM "AGENCY" SHALL MEAN ANY STATE OR MUNICIPAL
 DEPARTMENT,  BOARD,  BUREAU,  DIVISION,  COMMISSION,  COMMITTEE,  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITY,  PUBLIC  CORPORATION,  COUNCIL,  OFFICE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
 ENTITY PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR  THE  STATE
 OR ANY ONE OR MORE MUNICIPALITIES THEREOF.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03209-01-5

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