New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04968

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  

Caption

Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

NY HB2347

Reasonable assistance; emergencies; Good Samaritans

NY S01403

Enacts "Cariol's Law"; provides for a duty to intervene when a police officer or peace officer observes another police officer or peace officer using physical force that such officer reasonably believes to be clearly excessive or beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances.

NY A04735

Enacts "Cariol's Law"; provides for a duty to intervene when a police officer or peace officer observes another police officer or peace officer using physical force that such officer reasonably believes to be clearly excessive or beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances.

NY S09860

Requires employment entities to engage in cooperative dialogue with persons requesting reasonable accommodations, or who such employment entities reasonably should have known may require such reasonable accommodations, due to disability, religion, or status as a victim of domestic violence.

NY S05741

Limits the circumstances which justify the use of deadly force by a police officer or peace officer to instances when the person committed a felony that threatened or resulted in death or serious bodily injury and the officer reasonably believes that the person will cause death or serious bodily injury to another person unless immediately apprehended.

NY A07193

Limits the circumstances which justify the use of deadly force by a police officer or peace officer to instances when the person committed a felony that threatened or resulted in death or serious bodily injury and the officer reasonably believes that the person will cause death or serious bodily injury to another person unless immediately apprehended.

NY S1871

Establishes reasonableness standard for persons lawfully transporting firearm who deviate from course of travel.

NY A2960

Establishes reasonableness standard for persons lawfully transporting firearm who deviate from course of travel.

NY A09143

Establishes a reasonable inference that certain transfers of money or property by a vulnerable elderly, physically disabled, incompetent or incapacitated person were a wrongful taking in violation larceny statutes.

NY SB31

Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.