New York S 4891: Exempts correction officers of any penal correctional institution from training requirements for security guards

Status: REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4891

Sponsors: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

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S04891 Summary:

BILL NOS04891 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00575

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §89-n, Gen Bus L

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Exempts correction officers of any penal correctional institution from training requirements for security guards.

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4891

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer
 Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to exempting
 correction officers of any penal correctional institution from train-
 ing requirements for security guards

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of the general
 2 business law, as amended by chapter 221 of the laws of 2003, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 a. a correction officer of any state correctional facility or of any
 5 penal correctional institution having the powers of a peace officer
 6 pursuant to subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10 of the criminal
 7 procedure law;
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02438-01-5

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