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A08289Introduced in the Assembly

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.

Passed

Introduced by Crystal Peoples-Stokes, District 141

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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.

Where it stands

approval memo.46

December 19, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage · June 10, 2025

57

Yes

1

No

5

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Bill history

  1. referred to judiciary

  2. reference changed to ways and means

  3. reported referred to rules

  4. reported

  5. rules report cal.529

  6. ordered to third reading rules cal.529

  7. passed assembly

  8. delivered to senate

  9. REFERRED TO RULES

  10. SUBSTITUTED FOR S8127

  11. 3RD READING CAL.1446

  12. PASSED SENATE

  13. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  14. delivered to governor

  15. signed chap.665

  16. approval memo.46

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