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NY S01350

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Cordell Cleare

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits law enforcement officers from using bias-based profiling, defined as relying on race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or housing status when conducting stops or searches

  • Requires all law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies prohibiting bias-based profiling and establish procedures for reviewing complaints from individuals who allege they were profiled

  • Mandates detailed data collection for every reportable encounter, including demographics of persons stopped, reason for stop, whether searches were conducted, use of force, duration, and officer information such as years of experience and recent arrest totals

  • Requires political subdivisions to report annually on spending for settlements and judgments involving law enforcement misconduct allegations, including amounts paid by insurance or risk pools

  • Authorizes both the Attorney General and individual victims to bring civil actions for injunctive relief and damages against agencies engaged in bias-based profiling, with courts permitted to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiffs

  • Establishes a phased reporting timeline based on agency size, with agencies employing 1,000+ officers reporting within 14 months of regulations being finalized, down to agencies with fewer than 50 officers reporting within 4 years

Legislative Description

Prohibits police officers from using bias-based profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for bias-based profiling; allows an action for injunctive relief and/or damages to be brought against a law enforcement agency, any agent of a law enforcement agency and the supervisor of an agent.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes1/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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