New York S 10079: Enacts the "police radio transparency act"

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S10079 Summary:

BILL NOS10079 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11199-A

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, PARKER, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §222-a, Exec L

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Requires that any law enforcement agency in the state that encrypts any portion of its radio communications shall ensure that all of its radio communications, with the exception of sensitive information, may be monitored in real time by professional journalists, newscasters, and individuals employed by emergency services organizations.

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BILL NOS10079 

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04/27/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1761

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A11199A

&nbspA11199 AMEND=A Reyes

&nbsp05/01/2026referred to governmental operations

&nbsp05/14/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

&nbsp05/14/2026print number 11199a

&nbsp06/01/2026reference changed to ways and means

&nbsp06/02/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/02/2026reported 

&nbsp06/02/2026rules report cal.373

&nbsp06/02/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.373

&nbsp06/03/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/03/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/03/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S10079

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1761

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10079

 IN SENATE

 April 27, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, PARKER,
 RIVERA, 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 "police
 radio transparency 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 "police
 2 radio transparency 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 radio communications transparency. 1. For
 6 the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 7 ing meanings:
 8 (a) "Emergency services organization" shall have the same meaning as
 9 set forth in section twenty of this chapter.
 10 (b) "Encryption" shall mean the encoding of voice communication on an
 11 analog or digitally modulated radio carrier, which renders the communi-
 12 cation difficult or impossible to be monitored by commercially available
 13 radio receivers or scanners.
 14 (c) "Law enforcement agency" shall mean any agency or department of
 15 any municipality, any police district, or any agency, department,
 16 commission, authority or public benefit corporation of the state of New
 17 York employing at least twenty-five police officers as that term is
 18 defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal
 19 procedure law. "Law enforcement agency" shall not include the depart-
 20 ment of corrections.
 21 (d) "Professional journalist" shall have the same meaning as set forth
 22 in subdivision six of section seventy-nine-h of the civil rights law.
 23 (e) "Newscaster" shall have the same meaning as set forth in subdivi-
 24 sion seven of section seventy-nine-h of the civil rights law.
 25 (f) "Newsgathering organization" shall mean an organization or entity
 26 that gathers and reports the news by publishing, broadcasting or cable-
 27 casting articles, commentaries, books, photographs, video, film or audio

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15666-02-6

 S. 10079 2

 1 by electronic, print or digital media, such as radio, television, news-
 2 papers, magazines, wire, books and the internet. For the purposes of
 3 this section, such an organization or entity shall not be deemed a news-
 4 gathering organization unless it is covered by a libel insurance policy.
 5 (g) "Radio communications" shall mean communications that are broad-
 6 cast over a radio