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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the use of body-worn cameras by New York state police officers"
+description: "Relates to the use of body-worn cameras by New York state police officers; establishes the New York state police body-worn cameras program; requires the division of state police to provide body-worn cameras to be worn by all officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 8493"
+citation: "New York S 8493 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-06-06"
+last_action: "2020-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/856fefdb-fe86-47ac-a62c-bbe00f88ca3e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8493"
+source_hash: "0822f8f48ef1d8092fcb95f4521d78fee672d9e9c2fa1810bfafb168bd99c54a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 8493 (2019-2020) — Relates to the use of body-worn cameras by New York state police officers
+
+Relates to the use of body-worn cameras by New York state police officers; establishes the New York state police body-worn cameras program; requires the division of state police to provide body-worn cameras to be worn by all officers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8493&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
+- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- PARKER — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.749
+- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8674A
+- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.64
+- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-06-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-16** SIGNED CHAP.105 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/856fefdb-fe86-47ac-a62c-bbe00f88ca3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+