New York A 9147: Relates to background checks for volunteer and paid firefighters

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A09147 Summary:

BILL NOA09147 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08511

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SPONSORBailey

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COSPNSRAngelino

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §160.57, CP L

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Authorizes any prospective employer of a volunteer firefighter or paid firefighter to perform a background check on such applicant.

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BILL NOA09147 

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10/17/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9147

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 October 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BAILEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to background
 checks for applicants for volunteer or paid firefighters

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (xvi) and (xvii) of paragraph (d) of subdivi-
 2 sion 1 of section 160.57 of the criminal procedure law, as added by
 3 chapter 631 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a new subparagraph
 4 (xviii) is added to read as follows:
 5 (xvi) the state education department for the purposes of investigating
 6 professional misconduct as defined in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a)
 7 of subdivision five of section sixty-five hundred nine of the education
 8 law, consideration of restoration of a professional license pursuant to
 9 section sixty-five hundred eleven of the education law, or determi-
 10 nations for issuing a license to practice a profession or issuing
 11 certificates and privileges for which prior licensure is required, for
 12 the professions under articles one hundred thirty-one, one hundred
 13 [thirty-one-b] thirty-one-B, one hundred thirty-two, one hundred thir-
 14 ty-three, one hundred thirty-four, one hundred thirty-five, one hundred
 15 thirty-six, one hundred thirty-seven, one hundred thirty-nine, one
 16 hundred forty, one hundred forty-one, one hundred forty-three, one
 17 hundred forty-four, one hundred forty-five, one hundred forty-seven, one
 18 hundred forty-nine, one hundred fifty-three, one hundred fifty-four, one
 19 hundred fifty-five, one hundred fifty-six, one hundred fifty-seven, one
 20 hundred fifty-nine, one hundred sixty, one hundred sixty-two, one
 21 hundred sixty-three, one hundred sixty-four, and one hundred sixty-seven
 22 as such professions are defined in title eight of the education law,
 23 provided that the state education department certifies to the division
 24 of criminal justice services that it is investigating an individual
 25 licensed to practice a profession pursuant to article one hundred thirty

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13766-01-5

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 1 of the education law for professional misconduct as defined in paragraph
 2 (a) of subdivision five of section sixty-five hundred nine of the educa-
 3 tion law, considering restoration of a professional license pursuant to
 4 section sixty-five hundred eleven of the education law, or making a
 5 determination for issuing a license to practice a profession or issuing
 6 certificates and privileges for which prior licensure is required as
 7 appropriate. Provided, further, that the board of regents may consider
 8 any prior conviction that formed the basis of a determination of the
 9 board of regents in a disciplinary proceeding pursuant to section
 10 sixty-five hundred ten of the education law and the rules and regu-
 11 lations promulgated pursuant thereto in an application for reconsider-
 12 ation, even if such conviction later becomes sealed pursuant to this
 13 section; [and]
 14 (xvii) the office of mental health and the office for people with
 15 developmental disabilities, where such agencies are statutorily author-
 16 ized to receive such information, provided further, that such informa-
 17 tion may also be made available for case review under section 10.05 of
 18 the mental hygiene law, as well as to providers licensed, funded, desig-
 19 nated, certified or otherwise authorized by the office of mental healt