Bill Text: NY A01492 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1492 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement staff against biological hazards posed by spitting of persons in custody.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.45 [A01492 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01492-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1492

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CLARK,  MEEKS, MITAYNES, JACKSON, GALLAGHER,
          SIMON, STECK, FORREST, BRONSON, SEAWRIGHT, ANDERSON, ZINERMAN --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
          of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and train-
          ing  requirements  for the protection of law enforcement staff against
          the biological hazards posed by certain persons in custody

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 24 to read as follows:
     3    24.  Promulgate  rules  and  regulations  for safety standards for the
     4  protection of law enforcement staff against the biological hazards posed
     5  by spitting of persons in custody. Such regulations  and  standards  may
     6  include  the  purchase  of  safety  equipment, but shall not include the
     7  purchase or use of a spit hood, spit mask, spit covering, spit  cap,  or
     8  any  device  that  completely  covers  the  face of the individual under
     9  control or under an attempt to control.    Such  rules  and  regulations
    10  shall  include, but not be limited to, training requirements for all law
    11  enforcement officers to be completed  prior  to  the  use  of  any  such
    12  protective equipment.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04701-01-3