New York Senate Bill S05954 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5954 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 prohibiting law enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immi- gration status of a victim or witness to a criminal offense 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 837-y 2 to read as follows: 3 § 837-y. Prohibitions on law enforcement officers and peace officers. 4 1. A law enforcement officer or a peace officer may not inquire as to 5 the immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense 6 except as necessary to investigate the offense. 7 2. For the purposes of this section "law enforcement officer" means a 8 state or local police officer and "peace officer" means any person 9 designated as a peace officer pursuant to section 2.10 of the criminal 10 procedure law. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10495-01-5