S03253 Summary:
BILL NO | S03253A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A01360-A |
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SPONSOR | PARKER |
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COSPNSR | BAILEY, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MAY, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO |
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Add §79-p, Civ Rts L | |
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Relates to recording certain law enforcement activities; provides that a person not under arrest or in the custody of a law enforcement official has the right to record police activity and to maintain custody and control of that recording and of any property or instruments used by that person to record police activities, however, a person in custody or under arrest does not, by that status alone, forfeit such right to record. |
S03253 Actions:
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02/05/2019 | REFERRED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | REFERRED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/10/2020 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/10/2020 | PRINT NUMBER 3253A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.678 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | substituted for a1360a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2020 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2020 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2020 | SIGNED CHAP.100 |
S03253 Committee Votes:
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Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
No
Smith
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
ER
Gantt
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
No
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
No
Barclay
Yes
Darling
Yes
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
No
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Benedetto
No
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
No
Brabenec
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Burke
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
No
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Carroll
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Colton
No
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
No
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Cook
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
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S03253 Memo:
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S03253 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3253--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recom- mitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to recording certain law enforcement activities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New 2 Yorker's right to monitor act". 3 § 2. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 79-p to 4 read as follows: 5 § 79-p. Recording certain activities. 1. Definitions. For purposes of 6 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 7 (a) "Officer" means any peace officer, police officer, security offi- 8 cer, security guard or similar official who is engaged in a law enforce- 9 ment activity; 10 (b) "Law enforcement activity" means any activity by an officer acting 11 under the color of law; and 12 (c) "Record" means to capture or attempt to capture any moving or 13 still image, sound, or impression through the use of any recording 14 device, camera, or any other device capable of capturing audio, moving 15 or still images, or by way of written notes or observations. 16 2. Right to record law enforcement related activities. A person not 17 under arrest or in the custody of a law enforcement official has the 18 right to record law enforcement activity and to maintain custody and 19 control of that recording and of any property or instruments used by 20 that person to record law enforcement activities, provided, however, 21 that a person in custody or under arrest does not, by that status alone, 22 forfeit the right to have any such recordings, property and equipment EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06662-03-0S. 3253--A 2 1 maintained and returned to him or her. Nothing in this subdivision shall 2 be construed to permit a person to engage in actions that physically 3 interfere with law enforcement activity or otherwise constitute a crime 4 defined in the penal law involving obstructing governmental adminis- 5 tration. 6 3. Private right of action. (a) A claim of unlawful interference with 7 recording a law enforcement activity is established under this section 8 when a person demonstrates that he or she exercised or attempted to 9 exercise the right established in subdivision two of this section to 10 record a law enforcement activity and an officer acted to interfere with 11 that person's recording of a law enforcement activity, including but not 12 limited to, by: 13 (i) intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent that person from 14 recording law enforcement activity; 15 (ii) threatening that person for recording a law enforcement activity; 16 (iii) commanding that the person cease recording law enforcement 17 activity when the person was nevertheless authorized under law to 18 record; 19 (iv) stopping, seizing, searching, ticketing or arresting that person 20 because that person recorded a law enforcement activity; or 21 (v) unlawfully seizing property or instruments used by that person to 22 record a law enforcement activity, unlawfully destroying, or seizing a 23 recorded image or recorded images of a law enforcement activity, or 24 copying such a recording of a law enforcement activity without consent 25 of the person who recorded it or approval from an appropriate court. 26 (b) It shall be an affirmative defense to a civil action under subpar- 27 agraphs (i), (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision that at 28 the time of such conduct by an officer, such officer had probable cause 29 to arrest the person recording such a law enforcement activity for a 30 crime defined in the penal law involving obstructing governmental admin- 31 istration. 32 (c) A person subject to unlawful interference with recording law 33 enforcement activities as described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision 34 may bring an action for any violation of this section in any court of 35 competent jurisdiction for damages, including punitive damages, for 36 declaratory and injunctive relief, and such other remedies as the court 37 may deem appropriate. 38 (d) In any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section, the 39 court may allow a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and 40 expert fees as a part of the costs which may be recovered. 41 (e) Any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section shall be 42 commenced no later than three years after the date on which the 43 violation of this section is committed. 44 4. Preservation of rights. This section shall be in addition to all 45 rights, procedures, and remedies available under the United States 46 Constitution, 42 USC 1983, the constitution of the state of New York and 47 all other federal law, state law, law of the city of New York or the 48 administrative code of the city of New York, and all other civil reme- 49 dies, including monetary damages, created by statute, ordinance, regu- 50 lation or common law. 51 § 3. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi- 52 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 53 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 54 impair, or invalidate the reminder thereof, but shall be confined in its 55 operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or 56 part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judge-S. 3253--A 3 1 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 2 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 3 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 4 § 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.
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