Senate Bill S720

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates the New York State Civilian Complaint Review Board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S720 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 43 §930, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3808
2015-2016: S1164
2017-2018: S3200
2019-2020: S1554
2021-2022: S1361

2023-S720 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the New York state civilian complaint review board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers.

2023-S720 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    720
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, HOYLMAN, PARKER, SANDERS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Finance
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creating the New York
   state civilian complaint review board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended  by adding a new article 43 to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 43
               NEW YORK STATE CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD
 SECTION 930. NEW YORK STATE CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
   §  930. NEW YORK STATE CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD. 1. LEGISLATIVE
 INTENT. IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
 POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND PEACE OFFICERS  THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE  THAT  THE
 INVESTIGATION  OF  COMPLAINTS  CONCERNING MISCONDUCT BY OFFICERS TOWARDS
 MEMBERS OF  THE  PUBLIC  BE  COMPLETE,  THOROUGH  AND  IMPARTIAL.  THESE
 INQUIRIES MUST BE CONDUCTED FAIRLY AND INDEPENDENTLY, AND IN A MANNER IN
 WHICH THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE HAVE CONFIDENCE. AN INDEPENDENT CIVILIAN
 COMPLAINT  REVIEW BOARD IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED AS A BODY COMPRISED SOLELY
 OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE AUTHORITY TO  INVESTIGATE  ALLEGATIONS
 OF MISCONDUCT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.
   2.  DEFINITIONS. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "OFFICER" SHALL
 MEAN "POLICE OFFICERS" AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (E), (F), (H), (J),
 (K), (L), (M), (P), (Q), (S), AND  (V)  OF  SUBDIVISION  THIRTY-FOUR  OF
 SECTION  1.20  OF  THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE  LAW AND "PEACE OFFICERS" AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, EIGHT, TWELVE, THIRTEEN,
 FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, TWENTY, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE,  TWENTY-
 FOUR,  TWENTY-FIVE,  TWENTY-SIX,  TWENTY-SEVEN, TWENTY-NINE, THIRTY-TWO,
 THIRTY-THREE, THIRTY-FOUR, THIRTY-FIVE, THIRTY-SIX, THIRTY-EIGHT, FORTY,
 FORTY-FIVE, FORTY-SIX, FORTY-SEVEN,  FIFTY-TWO,  FIFTY-NINE,  SIXTY-ONE,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00375-01-3
              

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