New York S 416: Relates to enacting the "keep police radio public act"

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S00416 Summary:

BILL NOS00416 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03516

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, PARKER, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §222-a, Exec L

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Enacts the "keep police radio public act"; ensures that, except for sensitive information, all radio communications are accessible to emergency services organizations and professional journalists.

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BILL NOS00416 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

05/29/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/29/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1460

06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A3516

&nbspA03516 AMEND= Reyes

&nbsp01/28/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.308

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.308

&nbsp06/05/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S416

&nbsp06/05/20253RD READING CAL.1460

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025vetoed memo.125

&nbsp12/19/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 416

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, PARK-
 ER, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- 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 enacting the "keep
 police radio public act"

 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 "keep
 2 police radio public act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 222-a to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 222-a. Law enforcement communications public access. 1. For the
 6 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 7 meanings:
 8 (a) "emergency services organization" means a public or private agen-
 9 cy, voluntary organization or group organized and functioning for the
 10 purpose of providing fire, medical, ambulance, rescue, housing, food or
 11 other services directed toward relieving human suffering, injury or loss
 12 of life or damage to property as a result of an emergency, including
 13 non-profit and governmentally-supported organizations, but excluding
 14 governmental agencies.
 15 (b) "encryption" means the encoding of voice communication on an
 16 analog or digitally modulated radio carrier, which renders the communi-
 17 cation difficult or impossible to be monitored by commercially available
 18 radio receivers or scanners.
 19 (c) "law enforcement agency" means any agency or department of any
 20 municipality, any police district, or any agency, department, commis-
 21 sion, authority or public benefit corporation of the state of New York
 22 employing a police officer or police officers as that term is defined in
 23 subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00736-01-5

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 1 (d) "radio communications" means verbal communications that are broad-
 2 cast over a radio frequency either from a dispatch center to field
 3 personnel, from field personnel to a dispatch center, or between field
 4 personnel, and are accessible to all personnel monitoring that frequen-
 5 cy. "Radio communications" does not include private communications
 6 between two devices, such as a cellular telephone, or the transmittal of
 7 data to or from a mobile data terminal, tablet, text messaging device,
 8 or similar device.
 9 (e) "sensitive information" means any portion of a radio communication
 10 that, if disclosed, would:
 11 i. deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial adjudi-
 12 cation;
 13 ii. identify a confidential source o