republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-3253.md

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Bill	Relates to recording certain law enforcement activities	Relates to recording certain law enforcement activities; provides that a person not under arrest or in the custody of a law enforcement official has the right to record police activity and to maintain custody and control of that recording and of any property or instruments used by that person to record police activities, however, a person in custody or under arrest does not, by that status alone, forfeit such right to record.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 3253	New York S 3253 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	PARKER	2	15	3	2019-02-05	2020-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/aa0f24d5-2073-4894-8ac7-3add5ba74540	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3253	0ee1bfeee68b216a684a36c280320766c9b9202cb47a66702ca4f3519c350c66	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 3253 (2019-2020) — Relates to recording certain law enforcement activities

Relates to recording certain law enforcement activities; provides that a person not under arrest or in the custody of a law enforcement official has the right to record police activity and to maintain custody and control of that recording and of any property or instruments used by that person to record police activities, however, a person in custody or under arrest does not, by that status alone, forfeit such right to record.

Version chain

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

1. S3253 (committee substitute) — source
2. S3253A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 128–16 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 59–3 (pass) · upper
• Rules Vote - Version: A — 18–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• PARKER — primary (person)
• BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)
• COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
• HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)
• MAY — cosponsor (person)
• MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
• MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
• RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
• RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
• SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
• SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
• SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2020-03-10 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-03-10 PRINT NUMBER 3253A amendment-passage
• 2020-06-08 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-06-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.678
• 2020-06-08 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-06-08 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-06-08 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2020-06-08 SUBSTITUTED FOR A1360A
• 2020-06-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.70
• 2020-06-08 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-06-08 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-06-14 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-06-14 SIGNED CHAP.100 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa0f24d5-2073-4894-8ac7-3add5ba74540. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).