New York A 2074: Relates to the sealing of certain claims against law enforcement officers
Status: REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS (as of 2026-05-29)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2074
Sponsors: Sam Berger, Albert A. Stirpe, Amy Paulin, Andrew Hevesi, Angelo Santabarbara, Aron Wieder, Billy Jones, Brian Cunningham, Carrie Woerner, Charles Fall, Edward Braunstein, Jaime R. Williams, Jenifer Rajkumar, Judy Griffin, Kalman Yeger, Karen McMahon, Kwani O'Pharrow, Larinda Hooks, Marianne Buttenschon, Matthew Simpson, Nader Sayegh, Nily Rozic, Noah Burroughs, Patrick Burke, Patrick J. Carroll
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A02074 Summary: BILL NOA02074C   SAME ASSAME AS S04117-B   SPONSORBerger   COSPNSRPheffer Amato, Wieder, Williams, Buttenschon, Eichenstein, Yeger, Woerner, Stern, Carroll P, Sayegh, Kassay, Griffin, Simpson, Santabarbara, Colton, Kay, Conrad, McMahon, Fall, Schiavoni, Rajkumar, Hevesi, Burke, Rozic, Jones, Paulin, Braunstein, Cunningham, Stirpe, Burroughs, Hooks, O'Pharrow, Beephan, Dais   MLTSPNSR   Add §845-f, Exec L; amd §89, Pub Off L   Provides for the sealing of unfounded, exonerated, and pending claims made against law enforcement officers; requires such claims to be redacted from disciplinary records. Go to top A02074 Actions: BILL NOA02074C   01/15/2025referred to governmental operations 02/03/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations 02/03/2025print number 2074a 04/03/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations 04/03/2025print number 2074b 05/15/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations 05/15/2025print number 2074c 01/07/2026referred to governmental operations 05/27/2026reported referred to codes 05/29/2026reference changed to ways and means 06/01/2026reported referred to rules Go to topA02074 Committee Votes: Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Chair:McDonald DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:12/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes McDonaldAyeBeephanAye GlickAyeSimpsonAye KimExcusedNovakhovAye Bichotte HermelAyeNorberAye WilliamsAye RagaExcused SimoneAye ShimskyAye KassayAye BurroughsAye Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow DATE:06/01/2026AYE/NAY:29/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye ColtonAyeHawleyAye CookExcusedBlankenbushAye BenedettoAyeWalshAye WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye RamosAbsentManktelowAye BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye McDonaldAyeGiglioAye RozicAyeSlaterAye DinowitzAye MagnarelliAye BronsonAye DilanAbsent SeawrightAye HyndmanAye WalkerNay Bichotte HermelAye SimonNay CruzNay OtisAye SolagesAye HunterAye SeptimoAye HevesiAye Go to topA02074 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA02074 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2074--C 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BERGER, PHEFFER AMATO, WIEDER, WILLIAMS, BUTTENS- CHON, EICHENSTEIN, YEGER, WOERNER, STERN, P. CARROLL, SAYEGH, KASSAY, GRIFFIN, SIMPSON, O'PHARROW, SANTABARBARA, COLTON, KAY, CONRAD, McMA- HON, FALL, SCHIAVONI, RAJKUMAR, HEVESI, BURKE, ROZIC, JONES, PAULIN, BRAUNSTEIN, CUNNINGHAM, STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public officers law, in relation to the sealing of certain claims against law enforcement officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that 2 it is of critical importance that law enforcement officers who dutifully 3 serve our communities shall always have available to them the opportu- 4 nity to, among other things, secure loans for homeownership, pursue 5 further employment, and participate fully in the life of the community 6 in which they reside. The legislature further finds that the prospect of 7 their being able to do the aforementioned is dampened by the fact that 8 currently, an unfounded or exonerated claim made against a law enforce- 9 ment officer remains in their respective personnel record, and, absent 10 language in their applicable collective bargaining agreement, there 11 exists no method of recourse for them to have such claims removed from 12 their record. Unfounded claims are those claims that are made against 13 law enforcement officers that, upon investigation, are determined to 14 lack factual basis and are dismissed without d
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