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Home/Bills/A 3162New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 3162: Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 3162 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to provide access to live scan fingerprinting technology for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) officers. Following an arrest, SPCA officers will be permitted to access the live scan system independently, without assistance from other law enforcement personnel. This amendment will enable SPCA officers to complete the arrest process efficiently and effectively. The changes will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes a law.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3162
What is the current status of A 3162?
As of January 8, 2026, A 3162 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to codes".
Did A 3162 pass?
Not yet. A 3162 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 3162, and where is it now?
A 3162 was authored by Asm. Linda Rosenthal with 9 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes. It is filed under CPL, alongside 144 other New York CPL bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Asm. Linda RosenthalAuthor · New York State Assembly
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Coauthors
Jo Anne SimonPhil SteckJen LunsfordJonathan JacobsonDeborah GlickChris TagueMatthew SlaterAnna KellesAngelo Santabarbara
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to codes
Jan. 23, 2025referred to codes
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 23, 2025 · 250 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3162 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SIMON, STECK, LUNSFORD, JACOBSON, GLICK, TAGUE, SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to providing access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 160.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. Following an arrest by a society for the prevention of cruelty to 4 animals officer, such officer shall be permitted access to the live scan 5 fingerprinting system or similar technology in order to effectuate the 6 completion of such arrest independently and without the assistance of 7 other law enforcement personnel. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 10 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 11 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 12 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03883-01-5
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