S 8629: Requires the secretary of state to develop and mandate training of police department personnel and state police officers on the protocols of the address confidentiality program.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8629 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE December 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to training of state police and local police departments on the address confidentiality program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. (a) The council, in coordination with the office of victim 4 services, the office for the prevention of domestic violence and the 5 secretary of state, shall promulgate policies and procedures with regard 6 to training on the address confidentiality program pursuant to section 7 one hundred eight of this chapter which shall include, but not limited 8 to: 9 (i) training on the purpose and benefits of the address confidentiali- 10 ty program; 11 (ii) procedures for identifying and assisting victims who may be 12 eligible for such program; 13 (iii) guidelines for maintaining confidentiality and handling sensi- 14 tive information related to program participants; and 15 (iv) protocols for coordinating with the office of victim services and 16 other agencies to provide support services to program participants. 17 (b) Such training shall be required for all police officers and shall 18 be incorporated into existing training programs including, but not 19 limited to, the basic course for police officers and in-service 20 programs. 21 (c) The division of criminal justice services shall provide confirma- 22 tion of compliance with such training requirement for all police depart- 23 ments to the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred eight of 24 this chapter. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10133-05-5 
 S. 8629 2 1 § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 108 of the executive law, as added by 2 chapter 502 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 3 8. Report to the legislature. The secretary shall submit to the legis- 4 lature, no later than February first of each year, a report that 5 includes for each county, the total number of applications received, the 6 total number of persons participating in the program established by this 7 section during the previous calendar year and the total number of pieces 8 of mail forwarded to program participants during the previous calendar 9 year. The report shall include confirmation from the division of crimi- 10 nal justice services of the date that each county received the training 11 materials and when the training was completed by each police department; 12 and confirmation from the superintendent of state police that training 13 was completed by all state police officers. 14 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-j to 15 read as follows: 16 § 214-j. Address confidentiality program training. (a) The superinten- 17 dent, in coordination with the office of victim services, the office for 18 the prevention of domestic violence and the secretary of state, shall 19 promulgate policies and procedures with regard to training on the 20 address confidentiality program pursuant to section one hundred eight of 21 this chapter which shall include, but not be limited to: 22 (i) training on the purpose and benefits of the address confidentiali- 23 ty program; 24 (ii) procedures for identifying and assisting victims who may be 25 eligible for such program; 26 (iii) guidelines for maintaining confidentiality and handling sensi- 27 tive information related to program participants; and 28 (iv) protocols for coordinating with the office of victim services and 29 other agencies to provide support services to program participants. 30 (b) Such training shall be required for all state police officers and 31 shall be incorporated into existing training programs. 32 (c) The superintendent shall provide confirmation of compliance with 33 such training requirement for all new and veteran state police officers 34 to the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred eight of this 35 chapter. 36 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 37 it shall have become a law.