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Home/Bills/S 4448New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first houseCVS

S 4448: Authorizes the county of Clinton to employ retired former members of the division of state police as special patrol officers.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified June 2, 2026

What S 4448 does, verified June 2, 2026

The proposed law aims to amend the existing civil service law to allow the county of Clinton to appoint and employ retired former members of the division of state police as special patrol officers without undergoing examination or complying with other requirements. This exception is intended to benefit the county of Clinton specifically, as it allows the county to utilize the skills and experience of retired law enforcement officers in a more flexible and efficient manner. The proposed law would take effect immediately, granting the county of Clinton this new authority.

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4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental employees (2026-06-01)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4448
What is the current status of S 4448?
As of June 2, 2026, S 4448 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 1, 2026, was "referred to governmental employees".
Did S 4448 pass?
Not yet. S 4448 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
Who wrote S 4448, and where is it now?
S 4448 was authored by Sen. Daniel Stec. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Employees. It is filed under CVS, alongside 47 other New York CVS bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Sen. Daniel StecAuthor · New York State Senate
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Recent actions18 total · showing 5
Jun. 01, 2026referred to governmental employees
Jun. 01, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun. 01, 2026PASSED SENATE
Jun. 01, 2026HOME RULE REQUEST
Jun. 01, 2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1455
Full action history, 13 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 5, 2025 · 205 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4448 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to employment of retired members of the division of state police as special patrol officers in in the county of Clinton The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 58 of the civil service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including 4 any other provision of this section, the county of Clinton, may author- 5 ize the appointment and employment, without examination or compliance 6 with any other requirement of this section, as a special patrol officer, 7 of any retired former member of the division of state police. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08269-01-5
Text of S 4448 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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