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NY S 1639

in committee

Prohibits the use of unmarked police vehicles, concealed identity police vehicles and undercover police officers for routine traffic enforcement

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1639 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1639 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 1639 about?

Prohibits the use of unmarked police vehicles, concealed identity police vehicles, including police vehicles which use ghost graphics, and undercover police officers for routine traffic enforcement.

Who sponsors NY S 1639?

Nathalia Fernandez is the primary sponsor of NY S 1639.

Description

Prohibits the use of unmarked police vehicles, concealed identity police vehicles, including police vehicles which use ghost graphics, and undercover police officers for routine traffic enforcement.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Nathalia Fernandezprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 4075not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 839not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4411not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 11362not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1639?summary=&detail=

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