S08493 Summary:

BILL NOS08493
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08674-A
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSRBAILEY, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, COMRIE, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add 234, Exec L
 
Relates to the use of body-worn cameras by New York state police officers; establishes the New York state police body-worn cameras program; requires the division of state police to provide body-worn cameras to be worn by all officers.
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S08493 Actions:

BILL NOS08493
 
06/06/2020REFERRED TO RULES
06/06/2020COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
06/08/2020REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/08/2020ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.749
06/09/2020PASSED SENATE
06/09/2020DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/09/2020referred to codes
06/09/2020substituted for a8674a
06/09/2020ordered to third reading rules cal.64
06/09/2020passed assembly
06/09/2020returned to senate
06/16/2020DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
06/16/2020SIGNED CHAP.105
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S08493 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/09/2020Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 142/2
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
ER
Gantt
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Darling
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Burke
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Carroll
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Cook
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas

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S08493 Memo:

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S08493 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8493
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 6, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the use  of  body-worn
          cameras by New York state police officers
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "New York state police body-worn cameras program".
     3    §  2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 234 to read
     4  as follows:
     5    § 234. New York state police body-worn cameras program. 1.   There  is
     6  hereby  created  within  the  division  of state police a New York state
     7  police body-worn cameras program. The  purpose  of  the  program  is  to
     8  increase  accountability  and evidence for law enforcement and the resi-
     9  dents of the state by providing body-worn cameras to  all  state  police
    10  officers while on patrol.
    11    2. The division of state police shall provide body-worn cameras, to be
    12  worn  by  officers  at  all times, while on patrol.   Such cameras shall
    13  record:
    14    (a) immediately before an officer exits a patrol vehicle  to  interact
    15  with  a  person or situation, even if there is a dash camera inside such
    16  vehicle which might also be recording the interaction;
    17    (b) all uses of force, including any physical aggression and use of  a
    18  non-lethal or lethal weapon;
    19    (c) all arrests and summonses;
    20    (d) all interactions with people suspected of criminal activity;
    21    (e) all searches of persons and property;
    22    (f) any call to a crime in progress;
    23    (g) investigative actions where there are interactions with members of
    24  the public;
    25    (h) any interaction with an emotionally disturbed person; and
    26    (i)  any instances where officers feel any imminent danger or the need
    27  to document their time on duty.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13695-08-0

        S. 8493                             2
 
     1    3. The attorney  general  may  investigate  any  instance  where  body
     2  cameras fail to record an event pursuant to this section.
     3    4. At the discretion of the officer, body-worn cameras may not record:
     4    (a) sensitive encounters, including but not limited to speaking with a
     5  confidential informant, or conducting a strip search; or
     6    (b)  when  a  member  of  the public asks such officer to turn off the
     7  camera; provided, however, such officer may continue recording if he  or
     8  she thinks a record of that interaction should be generated.
     9    5.  The  division  of  state  police shall preserve recordings of such
    10  body-worn cameras and perform all upkeep on equipment used in such body-
    11  worn cameras. Such duties shall include:
    12    (a) creating a secure record of all instances where there is  recorded
    13  video or audio footage;
    14    (b)  ensuring  officers  have  sufficient  storage  capacity  on their
    15  cameras to allow for the recording  of  interactions  required  by  this
    16  section; and
    17    (c) ensuring officers have access to body-worn cameras for the record-
    18  ing of instances required by this section.
    19    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    20  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    21  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
    22  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
    23  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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