Bill Text: NY S05298 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits members of law enforcement from using tear gas at any time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S05298 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05298-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5298

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 1, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting members of
          law enforcement from using tear gas

          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  170-g
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 170-g. Prohibition of the use of tear gas by law enforcement.  Indi-
     4  viduals employed by the state or a local municipality acting as a police
     5  officer,  peace  officer  or correction officer shall be prohibited from
     6  using tear gas or any alternate form of tear gas at any time.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07738-01-3