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A 5334: Requires law enforcement agents and peace officers to record information in their memo books pertaining to the race of persons with whom they have meaningful interactions.
What A 5334 does, verified January 8, 2026
Every law enforcement agent or peace officer must record the race of every person they have a meaningful interaction with during their official duties in their memo book. A meaningful interaction includes conversations entered into during traffic stops, but excludes casual conversations not related to their duties. This law takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5334
- What is the current status of A 5334?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5334 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 governmental operations".
- Did A 5334 pass?
- Not yet. A 5334 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5334, and where is it now?
- A 5334 was authored by Asm. Phil Ramos with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 247 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5334 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, EPSTEIN, WALKER, GIBBS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring law enforce- ment agents and peace officers to record certain information to their memo books 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 837-y 2 to read as follows: 3 § 837-y. Records in memo books. Every law enforcement agent or peace 4 officer shall make a record in their memo book of the race of every 5 person the agent or officer has a meaningful interaction with during the 6 course of performing their official duties. For the purpose of this 7 section, "meaningful interaction" shall include, but not be limited to 8 conversations entered into pursuant to traffic stops. "Meaningful 9 interaction" shall not include casual conversations the agent or officer 10 engages in which are not germane to or in furtherance of performing 11 their investigatory duties as a law enforcement agent or peace officer. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05081-01-5
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