A 3642: Prohibits the release of criminal history or any mental health history records by a police agency, prosecutorial agency or other law enforcement agency of individuals who were the subject of the use of force by a police or peace officer.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3642 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting the release of certain records of victims of police violence by a police agency, prosecutorial agency or other law enforcement agency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-f 2 to read as follows: 3 § 845-f. Release of certain records of victims of police violence; law 4 enforcement agencies. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 5 contrary, no police agency, prosecutorial agency and other law enforce- 6 ment agency with jurisdiction over an instance or occurrence in which a 7 police officer, as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of 8 the criminal procedure law, or a peace officer, as defined in section 9 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, employs the use of force shall 10 publicly release or otherwise disseminate any information, including but 11 not limited to providing such information to a news or media organiza- 12 tion, related to either the criminal history or any mental health histo- 13 ry of the individual who was the subject of the use of force. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07471-01-5