Bill Text: NY S03909 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to policies and procedures regarding hate crimes and establishes a hate crimes training program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-25 - SIGNED CHAP.552 [S03909 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03909-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3909--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 21, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to policies and proce-
          dures regarding hate crimes and establishing a  hate  crimes  training
          program

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

     1    Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. The council shall, in addition:
     4    (a) Develop, maintain and disseminate, in consultation with the  divi-
     5  sion  of human rights and the hate crime task force established pursuant
     6  to section two hundred sixteen of this  chapter,  written  policies  and
     7  procedures  regarding the recognition of and response to hate crimes, as
     8  defined in article four hundred eighty-five of the penal law. Such poli-
     9  cies and procedures shall make provisions for the education and training
    10  of new and veteran police officers on the recognition of and response to
    11  hate crimes; and
    12    (b) Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with  respect  to
    13  the  establishment  and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
    14  program for all current and new police officers regarding  the  policies
    15  and  procedures  established  pursuant  to  this subdivision, along with
    16  recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers. Such  recom-
    17  mended  rules  and recommendations shall also be submitted to the tempo-
    18  rary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    20  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    21  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    22  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    23  on or before such effective date.

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