Bill Text: NY S07427 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors under the age of eighteen.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S07427 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07427-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7427

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. BROUK, BRISPORT, COMRIE, COONEY, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-
          SIGAL, JACKSON,  KRUEGER,  LIU,  MAY,  MAYER,  MYRIE,  PARKER,  RAMOS,
          RIVERA,  SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
          chemical agents by police officers against minors

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 840 of the execu-
     2  tive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 5 to read as follows:
     3    (5)  The  model  law  enforcement use of force policy and every use of
     4  force policy established pursuant to subparagraph three  of  this  para-
     5  graph  shall  prohibit the use of any chemical agent, including, but not
     6  limited to, oleoresin capsicum, pepper spray and tear  gas  against  any
     7  minor under the age of eighteen in any circumstance.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07847-01-3