New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02728 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2025

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2728 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 executive orders relating to cooperation with federal law enforcement The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 236. Prohibition against regulations, rules or executive orders 4 directing the state police to not assist with the enforcement of federal 5 law or to not cooperate with federal law enforcement. 1. No employee of 6 the state police, including the superintendent, or any trooper, investi- 7 gator or other officer, shall be directed by any state regulation, rule 8 or executive order, to not assist with the enforcement of federal law or 9 to not cooperate with federal law enforcement in the effort to enforce 10 any provision of federal law. 11 2. Any state regulation, rule or executive order directing the state 12 police, including the superintendent, or any trooper, investigator or 13 other officer, to not assist with the enforcement of federal law or to 14 not cooperate with federal law enforcement in the effort to enforce any 15 provision of federal law, shall be deemed invalid, null and void. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06897-01-5