New York S 8629: Relates to requiring training of police department and state police personnel on the protocols of the address confidentiality program

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S08629 Summary:

BILL NOS08629A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08263-B

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§840 & 108, Exec L; add §214-j, Exec L

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Requires the secretary of state to develop and mandate training of police department personnel and state police officers on the protocols of the address confidentiality program.

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BILL NOS08629A

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12/22/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

04/17/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

04/17/2026PRINT NUMBER 8629A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8629--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted 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 executive law, in relation to training of state
 police and local police departments on the address confidentiality
 program

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

 1 Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 3 9. (a) The council, in coordination with the office of victim
 4 services, the office for the prevention of domestic violence and the
 5 secretary of state, shall promulgate policies and procedures with regard
 6 to training on the address confidentiality program pursuant to section
 7 one hundred eight of this chapter which shall include, but not limited
 8 to:
 9 (i) training on the purpose and benefits of the address confidentiali-
 10 ty program;
 11 (ii) procedures for identifying and assisting victims who may be
 12 eligible for such program;
 13 (iii) guidelines for maintaining confidentiality and handling sensi-
 14 tive information related to program participants; and
 15 (iv) protocols for coordinating with the office of victim services and
 16 other agencies to provide support services to program participants.
 17 (b) Such training shall be required for all police officers and shall
 18 be incorporated into existing training programs including, but not
 19 limited to, the basic course for police officers and in-service
 20 programs. The training for in-service programs on the address confiden-
 21 tiality program shall be conducted once every three years.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10133-09-6

 S. 8629--A 2

 1 (c) The division of criminal justice services shall provide confirma-
 2 tion of compliance with such training requirement for all police depart-
 3 ments to the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred eight of
 4 this chapter.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 108 of the executive law, as added by
 6 chapter 502 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 7 8. Report to the legislature. The secretary shall submit to the legis-
 8 lature, no later than February first of each year, a report that
 9 includes for each county, the total number of applications received, the
 10 total number of persons participating in the program established by this
 11 section during the previous calendar year and the total number of pieces
 12 of mail forwarded to program participants during the previous calendar
 13 year. The report shall include confirmation from the division of crimi-
 14 nal justice services of the date that each county received the training
 15 materials and when the training was completed by each police department;
 16 and confirmation from the superintendent of state police that training
 17 was completed by all state police officers.
 18 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-j to
 19 read as follows:
 20 § 214-j. Address confidentiality program training. (a) The superinten-
 21 dent, in coordination with the office of victim services, the office for
 22 the prevention of domestic violence