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S 4931: Grants peace officer status to the reserve deputies of the Erie county sheriff's office.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified February 16, 2025

What S 4931 does, verified February 16, 2025

The bill aims to grant peace officer status to reserve deputies working in the Erie County Sheriff's Office. This status would allow them to carry and possess firearms, but only if they have the necessary license. The changes would take effect immediately.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2025-02-14)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4931
What is the current status of S 4931?
As of February 16, 2025, S 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 February 14, 2025, was "REFERRED TO CODES".
Did S 4931 pass?
Not yet. S 4931 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 4931, and where is it now?
S 4931 was authored by Sen. Sean Ryan with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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Feb. 14, 2025REFERRED TO CODES
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 197 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4931 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. S. RYAN, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting peace officer status to the reserve deputies of the Erie county sher- iff's office The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows: 3 88. Persons employed by the Erie county sheriff's office serving as 4 reserve deputies; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision 5 shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or 6 dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been 7 issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal 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. LBD09652-01-5 
Text of S 4931 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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