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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S08411Authorizes the denial of access to certain public records which relate to civil investigations; requires the superintendent of state police to provide the department of law with direct, real-time access to the criminal gun clearinghouse; relates to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; authorizes the attorney general to investigate and bring any civil action addressing repeated or persistent discrimination in elementary and secondary schools; requires the compromise of any claim which the state may have for care, maintenance or treatment furnished in hospitals or other such facilities to be made accordance with parameters established by the office of the attorney general; allows the commissioner of health to waive bills or compromise bills for the maintenance, care and treatment furnished to patients in medical facilities upon the prior approval of the comptroller alone.
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Requires the state police superintendent to give the department of law (attorney general's office) direct, real-time access to the criminal gun clearinghouse database of seized and crime-related guns.
The superintendent shall provide the department of law with direct, real-time access to the criminal gun clearinghouse.
Authorizes the attorney general to investigate and bring civil actions against public elementary and secondary schools for repeated or persistent discrimination based on gender expression or gender identity.
discrimination based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, ethnic group, religion or creed, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity, sex, marital status, familial status, pregnancy, or status as a victim of domestic violence, sex offenses, or stalking, by any covered entity.
Authorizes the attorney general to bring civil actions for repeated or persistent violations of civil rights law that include discrimination based on gender expression or gender identity by political subdivisions or private actors.
Where the attorney general determines that a political subdivision of the state or any private actor has violated this section in a manner that is repeated or otherwise persistent, the attorney general shall have a cause of action in any court of appropriate jurisdiction for damages, injunctive relief, and such other remedies as may be appropriate.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands attorney general enforcement powers against repeated or persistent discrimination on the basis of gender expression or gender identity in K-12 public schools and under civil rights law (transgender/education and transgender/other, both expands). It also requires real-time access by the department of law to the criminal gun clearinghouse of seized and crime-related firearms (firearms/other, expands). No provisions address abortion, immigration enforcement, custody/support, or other listed firearms or transgender subtopics. Public records exemption for civil investigations is a
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