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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).