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A 4931: Authorizes municipalities located in the county of Orange and county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional police protection to paid-admission events.
What A 4931 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill allows municipalities in Orange and Rockland counties to charge event organizers for the cost of providing additional police protection for paid-admission events. The municipalities can adopt a local law to determine the types of events that require additional police personnel and the process for requesting and paying for it. The law requires event organizers to complete forms to determine if additional police personnel are needed and to pay the estimated cost of additional police protection prior to the event. The law does not apply to not-for-profit corporations. The law takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to local governments (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4931
- What is the current status of A 4931?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 4931 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to local governments".
- Did A 4931 pass?
- Not yet. A 4931 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4931, and where is it now?
- A 4931 was authored by Asm. Karl Brabenec. Its committee of record is Assembly Local Government.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to local governments |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | referred to local governments |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 10, 2025 · 376 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4931 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to authorize municipalities located in the county of Orange and the county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional police protection to paid-admission events The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Any municipality located in the county of Orange or the 2 county of Rockland is hereby authorized to adopt a local law to provide 3 that the person or persons responsible for either operating, conducting, 4 promoting, or sponsoring any special event, exhibition, or contest to be 5 held in such municipality, at which a price for admission or attendance 6 is charged or is to be charged, shall pay the costs incurred by such 7 municipality as a result of providing additional police personnel, if 8 any, beyond the normal number of officers who would have otherwise been 9 on duty. The local law shall identify the type or types of special 10 events, exhibitions, or contests for which an activity's operator, 11 conductor, promoter, or sponsor may be charged for additional police 12 personnel that is either requested by the operator, conductor, promoter, 13 or sponsor or determined to be necessary by the municipality. The local 14 law may also provide that: (a) the operator, conductor, promoter, or 15 sponsor of the activity shall complete such forms or applications 16 providing the information deemed necessary by the municipality to deter- 17 mine whether any additional police personnel should be scheduled for the 18 event; (b) the local law shall not apply to any corporation formed under 19 the not-for-profit corporation law; and (c) the operator, conductor, 20 promoter, or sponsor of the activity shall pay all or a portion of the 21 estimated cost of additional police protection prior to the commencement 22 of the event. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04058-01-5
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