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A 7659: Requires the municipal police training council to ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling are addressed in basic law enforcement training.
What A 7659 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to address motorcycle profiling, a practice where law enforcement uses a person's motorcycle riding habits or attire as a reason to stop, question, or search them. The bill requires the municipal police training council to include motorcycle profiling in basic law enforcement training and offer in-service training to existing officers. Local law enforcement agencies must also add a statement condemning motorcycle profiling to their existing policies on profiling. The term "motorcycle profiling" refers to the illegal use of a person's motorcycle riding habits or attire as a factor in deciding to take enforcement action. The bill takes effect 30 days after it becomes a law, and allows for the implementation of its provisions through new or amended rules and regulations.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7659
- What is the current status of A 7659?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7659 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 7659 pass?
- Not yet. A 7659 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7659, and where is it now?
- A 7659 was authored by Asm. Donna Lupardo. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Apr. 04, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 4, 2025 · 305 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7659 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to motorcycle profiling 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 839-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 839-a. Motorcycle profiling. 1. The municipal police training coun- 4 cil shall ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling are 5 addressed in basic law enforcement training and offered to in-service 6 law enforcement officers in conjunction with existing training regarding 7 profiling. 8 2. Local law enforcement agencies shall add a statement condemning 9 motorcycle profiling to existing policies regarding profiling. 10 3. For the purposes of this section, "motorcycle profiling" means the 11 illegal use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motor- 12 cycle-related paraphernalia as a factor in deciding to stop and ques- 13 tion, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle 14 with or without a legal basis under the United States constitution or 15 New York state constitution. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 18 repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of 19 the foregoing provisions of this act on its effective date are author- 20 ized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00463-01-5
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