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S 6601: Requires the municipal police training council to ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling are addressed in basic law enforcement training.
What S 6601 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to address motorcycle profiling by requiring law enforcement agencies to condemn it in their policies. This means that local police departments must explicitly state that they do not use a person's motorcycle or related paraphernalia as a reason to stop, question, or search them. Additionally, the bill requires that issues related to motorcycle profiling be included in basic law enforcement training for new officers and offered to in-service officers. The goal is to prevent the illegal use of motorcycle-related factors as a basis for enforcement action.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO FINANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6601
- What is the current status of S 6601?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 6601 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 FINANCE".
- Did S 6601 pass?
- Not yet. S 6601 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6601, and where is it now?
- S 6601 was authored by Sen. James Sanders with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Finance.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
| Mar. 18, 2025 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 18, 2025 · 309 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6601 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance 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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