A 8289 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to non-Indian trespass and drug trafficking activities within Indian lands, and to criminal law enforcement activities within Seneca nation lands

Summary
Relates to intrusions upon lands owned or occupied by any nation, tribe or band of Indians, and to drug trafficking activities within Indian lands; provides that the district attorney of a county in which reservation lands are situated, upon application of a person designated by the laws of a nation, tribe or band to make such application, shall make complaint of intrusions on such lands and cause intruders to be removed; provides that the governor, the superintendent of state police, a sheriff of a county that includes lands of the Seneca nation, or the chief of police of the city of Salamanca, may, at the request of the Seneca nation, enter into an agreement with the Seneca nation governing the terms and conditions of criminal law enforcement activities within the nation's Indian County lands; provides that such agreements shall be given full force and effect by the courts of the state.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Dec 2025
Introduced May 9, 2025 Signed Dec 19, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly Jun 9, 2025

How they voted

571
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 63
Jun 10, 2025
D Democratic41
37 Yea 4
90% Yea
R Republican22
20 Yea 1 Nay 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Dec 19, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.665
lower
Jun 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 6, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jun 5, 2025
Committee
REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 9, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors