Bill Text: NY S01879 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes federal law enforcement officers in the definition of police officer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - REFERRED TO CODES [S01879 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01879-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1879

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  including
          federal law enforcement officers in the definition of police officer

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of  the  criminal  procedure
     2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
     3    (w)  A  person  who  is a federal law enforcement officer listed under
     4  section 2.15 of this title.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05509-01-5