Skip to content
A2247Assembly2017-2018 Session

Protect Undercover Officer Identities

Official title

“Relates to the confidentiality of the identity of undercover officers”

Sponsor Michael MontesanoAD-15Affects Legal
Status
In Assembly Committee
Codes
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Codes

What's happening

This bill makes the identity of undercover officers confidential if disclosure would endanger them or compromise their effectiveness.

Why it matters

  1. Protects undercover officers from retaliation or harm. by keeping their identities confidential, reducing the risk of exposure to themselves or their families from criminal organizations or individuals they investigate.

  2. Preserves the effectiveness of undercover operations. by preventing leaks that could compromise ongoing investigations, sting operations, or future deployments of undercover officers.

  3. Limits public and media access to identifying information. (such as names, photographs, and documents) held by government agencies, except in cases where the officer consents in writing or a court orders disclosure.

  4. May impact transparency and oversight. of police activities, as even court files and routine reports could have redacted information, potentially making it harder for the public or journalists to scrutinize law enforcement conduct involving undercover officers.

The daily · weekday mornings

Albany, before your first meeting.

Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.

Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.

Who cares

Headline styles

Protect Undercover Officer Identities

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Michael Montesano

Assembly Member · Assembly District 15

History

  1. Held for consideration in codes
  2. Referred to codes
  3. Referred to codes

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

2247

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 17, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO, GRAF, LAWRENCE, PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to the confidentiality of the identity of an undercover officer

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

Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 50-f to read as follows:

§ 50-f. Identity of an undercover officer. The identity of any undercover officer shall be confidential if such disclosure would endanger the officer or compromise the officer's effectiveness. No report, paper, picture, photograph, court file or other documents, in the custody or possession of any public officer or employee, which identifies such an officer, shall be made available for public inspection. No such public officer or employee shall disclose any portion of any police report or other document which tends to identify such a person without the express written consent of such undercover officer or being mandated by lawful court order.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD06092-01-7

Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.

Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.