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This bill prohibits New York state and local law enforcement from collecting or keeping records on individuals' political, religious, or social views unless related to a criminal investigation.
Why it matters
Protects personal privacy and civil liberties. by restricting law enforcement’s ability to gather or keep files on people’s beliefs or group memberships, unless they are directly connected to a specific criminal investigation.
Reduces risk of government overreach and profiling. , preventing the creation of databases that could be used to monitor or target individuals based on political activism, religious practices, or social affiliations.
Raises the threshold for surveillance. , requiring “reasonable grounds” and a criminal nexus before information about protected activities can be collected, which could help build trust between law enforcement and communities.
Aligns law enforcement practices with constitutional rights. such as freedom of speech, association, and religion by ensuring that these activities alone cannot justify police attention or record-keeping.
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Limit Police Data Collection
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- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
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Limit Police Data Collection
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5239
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting state and local law enforcement agencies from collecting or maintaining certain information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-t to read as follows:
§ 837-t. Specific information not to be collected or maintained. No state or local law enforcement agency, may collect or maintain information about the political, religious or social views, associations or activities of any individual, group, association, organization, corporation, business or partnership unless such information directly relates to an investigation of criminal activities, and there are reasonable grounds to suspect the subject of the information is or may be involved in criminal conduct.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09438-01-9
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