New York S 9020: Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by the counties of Rockland and Orange

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S09020 Summary:

BILL NOS09020C

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SAME ASSAME AS A10080-B

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRROLISON, SKOUFIS, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3 & 30, Pub Off L

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Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by local correction facilities of Rockland and Orange counties.

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BILL NOS09020C

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01/22/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/03/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/03/2026PRINT NUMBER 9020A

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.532

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/24/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 9020B

03/25/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 9020C

04/01/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10080B

&nbspA10080 AMEND=B Wieder

&nbsp01/30/2026referred to governmental operations

&nbsp03/05/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

&nbsp03/05/2026print number 10080a

&nbsp03/17/2026reported 

&nbsp03/19/2026advanced to third reading cal.326

&nbsp03/25/2026amended on third reading (t) 10080b

&nbsp03/30/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/30/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/30/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

&nbsp04/01/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9020C

&nbsp04/01/20263RD READING CAL.532

&nbsp04/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/01/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/18/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp06/26/2026signed chap.136

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9020--C
 Cal. No. 532

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, SKOUFIS, WEBER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
 gations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
 second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again
 amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
 third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding
 geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
 cers employed by the counties of Rockland and Orange

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 2-e to read as follows:
 3 2-e. Neither the provisions of this section, nor of any general,
 4 special or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or
 5 regulation, requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdi-
 6 vision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person's
 7 official functions are required to be exercised, shall apply to the
 8 appointment of a person as a correction recruit, correction officer,
 9 correction corporal, correction sergeant, correction lieutenant,
 10 correction captain, correction colonel, chief of corrections, assistant
 11 warden, or warden by a sheriff's department or local correctional facil-
 12 ity of any political subdivision or municipal corporation in the coun-
 13 ties of Rockland and Orange if such person resides: (a) in the counties
 14 of Rockland and Orange; or (b) in a county within the state contiguous
 15 to the counties of Rockland and Orange.
 16 § 2. Section 30 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 17 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 18 9. Neither the provisions of this section, nor any general, special or
 19 local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,
 20 creating a vacancy in a local office of a political subdivision or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14565-19-6

 S. 9020--C 2

 1 municipal corporation of the state if the incumbent thereof ceases to be
 2 a resident of the state or such political subdivision or municipal
 3 corporation, shall apply in the case of a person holding the of