---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to policies and procedures for when a child less than eighteen years old is arrested"
description: "Directs the superintendent of state police, in consultation with the office of children and family services, shall develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the state police written policies and procedures, regarding child-sensitive arrest practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 805"
citation: "New York S 805 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamaal Bailey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43412b91-c9a7-4319-adb5-a994b173fa1e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S805"
source_hash: "505f2bd28001091889306430a5a471cf99e910adc814831a833aeb3ff67096ff"
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 805 (2025-2026) — Relates to policies and procedures for when a child less than eighteen years old is arrested

Directs the superintendent of state police, in consultation with the office of children and family services, shall develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the state police written policies and procedures, regarding child-sensitive arrest practices.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S805** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S805&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **112–33** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–4** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jamaal Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.79
- **2025-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A813
- **2025-04-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.45
- **2025-04-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-23** SIGNED CHAP.131 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43412b91-c9a7-4319-adb5-a994b173fa1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).