New York Assembly Bill 1284

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-09 - referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

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.

Asm. Philip Ramos [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest [D]
Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Chantel Jackson [D]	Asm. Anna Kelles [D]	Asm. Brian Cunningham [D]
Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. William Magnarelli [D]	Asm. Steven Raga [D]	Asm. Sarahana Shrestha [D]
Asm. Jo Simon [D]	Asm. Karines Reyes [D]	Asm. Latrice Walker [D]	Asm. Stefani Zinerman [D]
Asm. Dana Levenberg [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-09	Assembly	referred to governmental operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1284
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A01284&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A01284