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A 5335: Relates to police staffing at certain parks; bases the number of officers deployed to regions upon a percentage of the region's park attendance average.
What A 5335 does, verified January 9, 2026
The proposed law aims to improve public safety at state parks, beaches, and other recreational areas. The law requires the state to have at least 385 permanent, full-time police officers in each region, with the number of officers deployed to each area based on the region's attendance average. Before opening a new state park or recreational site, the state must submit a staffing plan to demonstrate sufficient police presence. In emergency situations, such as natural disasters or mass casualty incidents, police officers can be redeployed outside their assigned region. The law will take effect one year after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5335
- What is the current status of A 5335?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5335 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 tourism, parks, arts and sports development".
- Did A 5335 pass?
- Not yet. A 5335 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5335, and where is it now?
- A 5335 was authored by Asm. Phil Ramos. Its committee of record is Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts & Sports Development.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 328 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5335 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to police staffing at certain parks The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3.07 of the parks, recreation and historic preser- 2 vation law is amended by adding three new subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 to 3 read as follows: 4 3. The commissioner shall provide for the health, safety and welfare 5 of the public using facilities under its jurisdiction, which shall 6 include ensuring a minimum staff of three hundred eighty-five permanent- 7 ly appointed, full time regional state park police officers at state 8 parks, beaches, campgrounds, historic sites and concert venues. The 9 number of regional state park police officers deployed to each region 10 shall be equivalent to the percentage of each region's three year 11 attendance average. 12 4. The commissioner shall not open a new state park, beach, camp- 13 ground, historic site or concert venue unless it submits a staffing plan 14 to the legislature that demonstrates there is a sufficient number of 15 regional state park police to provide adequate and appropriate delivery 16 of police services to patrons visiting the new site. 17 5. The commissioner may redeploy regional state park police officers 18 outside of their assigned region in the case of an emergency. Emergen- 19 cies are defined as natural disasters, declared emergencies and mass 20 casualty incidents. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 22 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05065-01-5
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