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A 7248: Authorizes localities to remove citizenship requirements for police and firefighters in their jurisdictions.
What A 7248 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to allow local governing bodies in New York to remove the requirement of citizenship for police officers and firefighters. This means that cities, towns, villages, and fire districts can create local laws that waive the citizenship requirement for these positions. The changes would be made to the General Municipal Law. The bill takes effect immediately, allowing local governments to implement these changes without delay.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7248
- What is the current status of A 7248?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 7248 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 governmental operations".
- Did A 7248 pass?
- Not yet. A 7248 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7248, and where is it now?
- A 7248 was authored by Asm. Monique Chandler-Waterman. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 196 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7248 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing the removal of citizenship requirements from police and firefighters by local law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new 2 section 209-ii to read as follows: 3 § 209-ii. Citizenship requirements of police and firefighters. 4 Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or administrative code 5 to the contrary, the local governing bodies of the several cities, 6 towns, villages, police and fire districts of the state are hereby 7 authorized to remove, by local law, rule or ordinance, any citizenship 8 requirements from the qualifications of police officers and firefight- 9 ers. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07216-01-5
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