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NY A03836

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

D. Billy Jones

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Allows former New York State Police sworn members to receive certification as municipal police officers if their training and credentials are deemed substantially equivalent to municipal police basic training programs

  • Permits elected or appointed sheriffs to apply for certification based on equivalent State Police qualifications rather than completing separate municipal police training

  • Directs the Municipal Police Training Council, in consultation with the Superintendent of State Police, to establish rules for determining which State Police qualifications and credentials satisfy municipal police training requirements

  • Requires the Council to create an application process for former State Police members to receive certificates attesting to their equivalent qualifications

  • Updates gender-neutral language in existing law (replacing "his" and "he" with "such person's" and "their")

Legislative Description

Relates to the completion of training requirements for sheriffs and undersheriffs; directs the municipal police training council to promulgate rules and regulations relating to qualification for municipal police forces for persons who were previously sworn members of the state police and to provide certificates to such persons who meet such qualifications.

Last Action

enacting clause stricken

9/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules5/28/2025
Local Governments1/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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