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S1664 • 2025

Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers

Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers

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Sponsor
Pete Harckham
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers

Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-05 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-05 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  4. 2026-03-26 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-03-25 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-03-24 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.609

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO CODES

  10. 2025-05-05 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-05-05 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-05-05 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  13. 2025-02-03 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-01-28 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-01-27 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.181

  16. 2025-01-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers
Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1664

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 13, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. HARCKHAM, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HELMING,
          MATTERA, PALUMBO, ROLISON, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered  printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to providing
          access to live scan fingerprinting to society for  the  prevention  of
          cruelty to animals officers

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 160.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-A. FOLLOWING AN ARREST BY A SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
     4  ANIMALS OFFICER, SUCH OFFICER SHALL BE PERMITTED ACCESS TO THE LIVE SCAN
     5  FINGERPRINTING  SYSTEM  OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THE
     6  COMPLETION OF SUCH ARREST INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT  THE  ASSISTANCE  OF
     7  OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     9  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    10  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    11  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    12  completed on or before such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03883-01-5