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A 575: Exempts correction officers of any penal correctional institution from training requirements for security guards.
What A 575 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to exempt correction officers from training requirements for security guards. Correction officers working in state correctional facilities or penal correctional institutions with peace officer powers are exempt from training requirements. This change would allow correction officers to maintain their existing training and certification as security personnel. The bill would take effect immediately.
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to economic development (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 185 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 575 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development 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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