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NY A07181
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Monique Chandler-Waterman
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AI Summary
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Prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in racial profiling, defined as detention or disparate treatment of an individual solely based on racial or ethnic status
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Bars race or ethnicity from being the sole factor in establishing probable cause for arrest or reasonable suspicion to justify traffic stops
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Requires all municipal police departments, sheriff's offices, and state police to adopt written policies prohibiting stops, detentions, or searches solely motivated by race, color, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation by January 1, 2027
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Mandates law enforcement agencies record and report traffic stop data including number of stops, demographic characteristics of individuals stopped, nature of violations, and outcomes (warnings, citations, arrests, searches)
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Directs the Division of Criminal Justice Services to review traffic stop data and complaints, with a report due to the governor and legislature by January 1, 2028, and authorizes withholding of state funds from non-compliant agencies
Legislative Description
Relates to traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers; defines "racial profiling"; authorizes division of criminal justice services to conduct a study relating to racial profiling; prohibits use of race or ethnicity of an individual as the sole factor in determining the existence of probable cause to place such person under arrest or take into custody.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026