New York S 6196: Relates to residency requirements for police officers

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S06196 Summary:

BILL NOS06196 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORPARKER

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §3, Pub Off L

&nbsp

Relates to residency requirements for police officers; provides that no person shall be a paid member of any police force that does not reside in the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which they shall be chosen for one year prior to being appointed and continues to reside therein.

Go to top S06196 Actions:

BILL NOS06196 

&nbsp

03/06/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Go to topS06196 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS06196 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS06196 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6196

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to residency
 requirements for police officers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law, as
 2 amended by chapter 1004 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. Neither the provisions of this section or of any general, special
 5 or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,
 6 requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or
 7 municipal corporation of the state for which [he] they shall be chosen
 8 or within which [his] their official functions are required to be exer-
 9 cised, shall apply to the appointment on or before January first, two
 10 thousand twenty-six of a person as a member of the police force of any
 11 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state if such
 12 person resides (a) in the county in which such political subdivision or
 13 municipal corporation is located; or (b) in a county within the state
 14 contiguous to the county in which such political subdivision or munici-
 15 pal corporation is located; or (c) in a county within the state contig-
 16 uous to such political subdivision or municipal corporation; or (d) in a
 17 county within the state contiguous to a county described in item (c)
 18 hereof where the former is less than fifteen miles from such political
 19 subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from their respective
 20 nearest boundary lines; or (e) in a county within the state contiguous
 21 to a county described in item (d) hereof where the former is less than
 22 thirty miles from such political subdivision or municipal corporation,
 23 measured from their respective nearest boundary lines. Provided, howev-
 24 er, such exemption shall not apply to paid members of a police force

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10604-01-5

 S. 6196 2

 1 after January first, two thousand twenty-seven. Beginning January
 2 first, two thousand twenty-six, no person shall be appointed a paid
 3 member of any police force that does not reside in the political subdi-
 4 vision or municipal corporation of the state for which they shall be
 5 chosen for one year prior to being appointed and continues to reside
 6 therein.
 7 § 2. Subdivision 19 of section 3 of the public officers law, as added
 8 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 9 19. Any person who resides in this state and who is currently employed
 10 as a member of the police force employed on or before January first, two
 11 thousand twenty-six, a paid member of the uniformed force of a paid fire
 12 department or department of corrections in the correctional service
 13 classification of the classified civil service, of a city of over one
 14 million population, shall be exempt from the provisions of subdivisions
 15 one, two and nine of this section upon compliance with the procedure set
 16 forth in this subdivision. Any person seeking to benefit from the
 17 exemption created by this subdivision shall