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NY A08108
Bill
Status
4/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Clyde Vanel
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AI Summary
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Requires the assistant attorney general of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred before December 31, 1979 and resulted in a death
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Mandates annual studies and reports to the governor and legislature detailing open investigations, new cases, prosecutions, case referrals, closures, and funding requests related to these civil rights crimes
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Appropriates $2 million annually to the Department of Law's civil rights bureau to carry out investigations and prosecutions
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Allows up to $1 million of appropriated funds to be allocated to state and local law enforcement agencies for expenses associated with these investigations
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Covers federal civil rights statutes including conspiracy against rights, deprivation of rights under color of law, federally protected activities, involuntary servitude, and fair housing violations; expires 12 years after enactment
Legislative Description
Establishes the "Malcom X unsolved civil rights crime act"; requires the assistant attorney of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine, and resulted in a death.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026