STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4841

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring law enforce-
          ment agents and peace officers to record certain information to  their
          memo books

          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.  Records in memo books. Every law enforcement agent or peace
     4  officer shall make a record in his or her memo book of the race of every
     5  person the agent or officer has a meaningful interaction with during the
     6  course of performing his or her official duties. For the purpose of this
     7  section, "meaningful interaction" shall include, but not be  limited  to
     8  conversations  entered  into  pursuant  to  traffic stops.   "Meaningful
     9  interaction" shall not include casual conversations the agent or officer
    10  engages in which are not germane to or in furtherance of performing  his
    11  or her investigatory duties as a law enforcement agent or peace officer.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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