NY S 1291
in committeeRelates to the appointment of a special independent counsel
New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did NY S 1291 pass?
Not yet. NY S 1291 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO FINANCE
What is NY S 1291 about?
Provides that in instances involving alleged criminal offense or offenses committed by a person, whether or not formally on duty, who is a peace officer as defined in section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law and employed or contracted by a corrections agency, or is a peace officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, concerning any incident in which the death of a person, whether in custody or not, is caused by an act or omission of such peace officer, the attorney general shall have the authority to transfer the investigatory authority and criminal jurisdiction under this section to an individual or individuals independent of the office of the attorney general.
Who sponsors NY S 1291?
Jeremy Cooney is the primary sponsor of NY S 1291.
Description
Provides that in instances involving alleged criminal offense or offenses committed by a person, whether or not formally on duty, who is a peace officer as defined in section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law and employed or contracted by a corrections agency, or is a peace officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, concerning any incident in which the death of a person, whether in custody or not, is caused by an act or omission of such peace officer, the attorney general shall have the authority to transfer the investigatory authority and criminal jurisdiction under this section to an individual or individuals independent of the office of the attorney general.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO FINANCE
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Jeremy Cooneyprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO FINANCE
referral-committee
2025-01-09
REFERRED TO FINANCE
referral-committee
Versions
- S1291Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Companion bill: A 2677
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 1291. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.