Bill Text: NY S01943 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prevents temporary questioning of person solely because such person is wearing a mask during a state emergency for an epidemic or pandemic.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S01943 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01943-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1943

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 17, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. BAILEY, FERNANDEZ, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in  relation  to  preventing
          temporary  questioning of person solely because such person is wearing
          a mask during a state emergency for an epidemic or pandemic

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 140.50 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. No person shall be subject to temporary questioning solely  because
     4  such  person  is wearing a mask during a state emergency for an epidemic
     5  or pandemic.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05108-01-3