New York S 8943: Establishes business franchise, personal income and insurance franchise tax credits for the expenses of employer provided or sponsored child care

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S08943 Summary:

BILL NOS08943 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05200

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRCLEARE, FAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §236, amd §§837-f, 837-m & 221, Exec L; amd §92-w, St Fin L; amd §628, Tax L

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Establishes a missing persons unit within the division of state police; adds women to the responsibility of the missing and exploited children clearinghouse; provides that by January first, two-thousand twenty-seven included in the curriculum for the training of law enforcement shall be missing and exploited women and missing and exploited women and children of color and indigenous descent; requires the reporting duties of law enforcement departments to include missing women, in addition to missing children and vulnerable adults; relates to the missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund; relates to the gift for missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund.

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BILL NOS08943 

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01/20/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8943

 IN SENATE

 January 20, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a missing
 persons unit within the division of state police; to amend the execu-
 tive law, in relation to adding women to the responsibility of the
 missing and exploited children clearinghouse; to amend the state
 finance law, in relation to the missing and exploited women and chil-
 dren clearinghouse fund; and to amend the tax law, in relation to the
 gift for missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 236. Missing persons unit. There is hereby established within the
 4 division of state police the missing persons unit, which shall be a
 5 specialized unit having advanced training in responding to missing
 6 persons reports. The missing persons unit shall work in conjunction with
 7 the missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse and perform
 8 tasks related to investigating missing persons reports.
 9 § 2. Section 837-f of the executive law, as added by chapter 880 of
 10 the laws of 1986, subdivision 10-a as added by chapter 600 of the laws
 11 of 1997, subdivision 12 as amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 1997,
 12 subdivision 14 as amended by chapter 381 of the laws of 2004 and para-
 13 graph (c) of subdivision 14 as amended by chapter 348 of the laws of
 14 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 837-f. Missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse. There
 16 is hereby established within the division a missing and exploited women
 17 and children clearinghouse to provide a comprehensive and coordinated
 18 approach to the tragic problems of missing and exploited women and chil-
 19 dren. In addition to the activities of the statewide central register
 20 for missing women and children, the commissioner shall be authorized to:
 21 1. Plan and implement programs to ensure the most effective use of
 22 federal, state and local resources in the investigation of missing and
 23 exploited women and children;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07991-01-5

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 1 2. Exchange information and resources with other states, and within
 2 New York state, concerning missing and exploited women and children;
 3 3. Establish a case data base which will include nonidentifying infor-
 4 mation on reported women and children and facts developed in the phases
 5 of a search, and analyze such data for the purposes of: assisting law
 6 enforcement in their current investigations of missing and exploited
 7 women and children, developing prevention programs and increasing under-
 8 standing of the nature and extent of the problem; and share the data and