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S 1097: Prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers from inquiring about immigration status unless a person is booked into a detention facility or the immigration status of a person is pertinent to the criminal investigation.
What S 1097 does, verified January 9, 2026
The proposed law aims to limit law enforcement agencies and officers from inquiring about a person's immigration status during routine or spontaneous activities, such as interviews, traffic stops, or searches. This protection applies to all individuals, including victims and witnesses, unless they are booked into a detention facility or arrested for a crime related to their immigration status. The law will take effect immediately, prohibiting law enforcement from seeking proof of immigration status unless necessary for the investigation.
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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 326 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1097 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting a law enforcement agency or officer from inquiring about immigration status 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 844 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 844. Inquiry into immigration status limited. a. In conducting a 4 routine or spontaneous investigatory activity, including an interview, a 5 detention, a traffic stop, a pedestrian stop, a frisk or other type of 6 bodily search or a search of personal or real property, a law enforce- 7 ment agency or a law enforcement officer shall not inquire about or seek 8 proof of a person's immigration status. 9 b. In conducting an investigatory activity in connection with an 10 investigation, a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer 11 shall not inquire about or seek proof of a victim's or witness's immi- 12 gration status. 13 c. In conducting an investigatory activity in connection with an 14 investigation, a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer 15 shall not inquire about or seek proof of a person's immigration status, 16 unless: 17 (1) the person is booked into a detention facility; or 18 (2) the person is arrested for a violation of the penal law of the 19 state or a political subdivision of the state and the immigration status 20 of that person is pertinent to the criminal investigation. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03142-01-5
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