New York A 4321: Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty

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A04321 Summary:

BILL NOA04321 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02020

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SPONSORGallahan

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COSPNSRChludzinski, Simpson, Novakhov, Durso, Sempolinski, Maher, Gray, Brown E, Manktelow, Angelino,
 Brown K, Ra

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MLTSPNSRCashman

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Add §404-ff, V & T L; add §97-zzzz, St Fin L

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Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty or the spouse of such, which shall bear the words "Wounded in the Line of Duty"; includes the New York state sheriff's association, New York state association of chiefs of police, police benevolent association of the New York state troopers, the New York state police benevolent association, and the New York city police benevolent association; provides that proceeds from the service charge shall be used for a fund to assist wounded/fallen officers and their families.

Go to top A04321 Actions:

BILL NOA04321 

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02/04/2025referred to transportation

05/28/2025held for consideration in transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

Go to topA04321 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION Chair:Magnarelli 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:16/7 Action: Held for Consideration MagnarelliAyeMillerNay

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoNay

WilliamsExcusedDursoNay

McMahonAyeGiglioNay

GallagherAyeSlaterNay

MitaynesAyeBendettNay

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiNay

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusAye

BurroughsAbsent

WrightAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Go to topA04321 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04321 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4321

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating a
 series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who
 were wounded in the line of duty; and to amend the state finance law,
 in relation to creating a wounded officers support fund

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 404-ff to read as follows:
 3 § 404-ff. Distinctive plates for New York state law enforcement offi-
 4 cers who were injured in the line of duty. 1. Any officer who was
 5 wounded in the line of duty or the spouse of any such officer shall,
 6 upon request, be issued a license plate containing the seal of one of
 7 the following five police associations: (a) New York state sheriff's
 8 association; (b) New York state association of chiefs of police; (c)
 9 police benevolent association of the New York state troopers; (d) the
 10 New York state police benevolent association; and (e) the New York city
 11 police benevolent association. Any plate issued pursuant to this act
 12 shall bear the words "Wounded in the Line of Duty". For the purposes of
 13 this section:
 14 i. "Wounded in the line of duty" shall be defined as a law enforcement
 15 officer who has sustained personal injury, in the intelligent perform-
 16 ance of duty, inflicted by an assailant with a dangerous and deadly
 17 weapon.
 18 ii. Eligibility shall be verified by the department who employed the
 19 officer at the time of injury and shall be reviewed by the department.
 20 iii. If a distinctive plate is issued to a law enforcement officer
 21 pursuant to this section, such a distinctive plate shall not be issued
 22 to the spouse of such officer.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05552-01-5

 A. 4321 2

 1 iv. The application for such license plate shall be filed with the
 2 commissioner in such form and detail as prescribed by the commissioner.
 3 2. The distinctive plate authorized under subdivision one of this
 4 section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
 5 that the applicant or the spouse of the applicant is a law enforcement
 6 officer who was wounded in the line of duty.
 7 3. (a) A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be
 8 issued in the s