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NY A09500
Bill
Status
1/7/2026
Primary Sponsor
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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AI Summary
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Persons temporarily and continuously passing through Indian lands on highways, roads, trails, or other thoroughfares are not considered to have entered those lands for purposes of trespass laws
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Removes the governor from the list of officials who may enter law enforcement agreements with the Seneca Nation, leaving only the superintendent of state police, county sheriffs, and Salamanca police chief
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Law enforcement agreements with the Seneca Nation will detail specific activities agencies will undertake on tribal lands, rather than governing general terms of criminal law enforcement
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Agreements explicitly cannot limit powers, duties, or responsibilities that law enforcement entities already have on Indian lands under existing law, rule, or regulation
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Removes provisions that would have allowed agreements to define criminal offenses and penalties within the nation, and eliminates requirement for state courts to give full force to agreement provisions in criminal proceedings
Legislative Description
Provides that a person shall not be deemed to have entered the lands owned or occupied by a nation, tribe, or band of Indians if such person is temporarily and continuously passing through such lands; provides that at the request of the Seneca nation, the superintendent of state police, a sheriff of a county that includes lands of the Seneca nation, or the chief of police of the city of Salamanca may enter into an agreement with the Seneca nation detailing the activities such law enforcement entity will undertake within the nation's federally-recognized Indian Country lands; provides that such agreements shall not be construed to limit powers, duties, and responsibilities to undertake activities on Indian lands; and provides that such agreements may include provisions related to the appointment of tribal members of Nation employees as police officers.
Last Action
substituted by s8834
2/11/2026