STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4174 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a state- wide law enforcement officer misconduct database The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-x 2 to read as follows: 3 § 837-x. Statewide law enforcement officer misconduct database. 4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the division shall 5 establish a statewide public database covering every local police 6 department, each county sheriff's office, the division of the state 7 police and every agency that employs a peace officer in this state, 8 which shall compile the names of any police or peace officer who has had 9 his or her employment terminated due to misconduct, including but not 10 limited to domestic violence, sexual violence, assault and harassment, 11 any criminal offense against a minor, excessive use of force, any 12 violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, perjury, falsifying a police report or 13 planting and destroying evidence, and deadly physical assault; as well 14 as any termination or complaints against such officer. The chief of 15 every police department, each county sheriff, the superintendent of 16 state police and the person in charge of every agency that employs a 17 peace officer in this state shall report to the division, in a form and 18 manner as defined in regulations by the division, all information neces- 19 sary to compile and maintain the database established pursuant to this 20 section. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 22 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 23 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 24 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 25 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08987-01-3