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NY A01426

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Pamela Hunter

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the crime of tampering with physical evidence to include police or peace officers who turn off body cameras when department policy requires recording

  • Makes it a crime for police or peace officers to delete body camera recordings

  • Classifies these new offenses as a class E felony, consistent with existing tampering with physical evidence charges

  • Updates gendered language in the statute from "he" to "such person"

  • Takes effect 30 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Includes a police or peace officer turning off their body camera or deleting a body camera recording in the crime of tampering with physical evidence and obstructing governmental administration.

Last Action

print number 1426a

3/2/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes1/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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