New York Assembly Bill 7284 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on May 3 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-05 - 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. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. William Magnarelli [D]	Asm. Chantel Jackson [D]
Asm. Charles Barron [D]	Asm. Diane Richardson [D]	Asm. Stefani Zinerman [D]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]
Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-05	Assembly	referred to governmental operations
2021-05-03	Assembly	referred to governmental operations

S06489 (Same As) 2021-05-03 - REFERRED TO CODES
S08053 (Same As) 2022-01-21 - REFERRED TO CODES

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7284
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07284&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A07284