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S5763 • 2025

Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers

Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers

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Sponsor
Robert Jackson
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers

Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-05 Senate

    COMMITTED TO RULES

  2. 2026-05-20 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-05-19 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-18 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1140

  5. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO CODES

  6. 2025-02-28 Senate

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Designates certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers
Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          5763

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 28, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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  designating
          certain traffic enforcement agents as peace officers

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

     1    Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 27-a to read as follows:
     3    27-A. ALL AGENTS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
     4  THE  TITLES OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT I AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT
     5  II; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  DEEMED
     6  TO  AUTHORIZE  ANY  SUCH AGENT TO CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF A
     7  FIREARM UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT
     8  TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10423-01-5