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S 4940: Establishes a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff departments for the purposes of designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the department.
What S 4940 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to establish a youth outreach department within various law enforcement agencies, including city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff's departments. These departments will design and carry out youth activities from existing resources. The goal is to provide a platform for engaging with and supporting young people in their communities. The bill applies to the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, as well as sheriff's departments. The youth outreach departments will be established immediately upon the bill's enactment.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4940
- What is the current status of S 4940?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 4940 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 January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
- Did S 4940 pass?
- Not yet. S 4940 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 4940, and where is it now?
- S 4940 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | returned to senate |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | died in assembly |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | referred to local governments |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 322 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4940 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the county law, and the exec- utive law, in relation to establishing a youth outreach department within the state police, city, village, town, and district police departments, and sheriff's departments 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 204-bb to read as follows: 3 § 204-bb. Youth outreach department. All police departments organized 4 at the city, village, town, or district level shall establish, from 5 existing resources within such department, a youth outreach department, 6 division, or component for the purposes of designing and carrying out 7 youth activities organized by the police department. 8 § 2. The county law is amended by adding a new section 663 to read as 9 follows: 10 § 663. Youth outreach department. The sheriff's department of every 11 county shall establish, from existing resources within such department, 12 a youth outreach department, division, or component for the purposes of 13 designing and carrying out youth activities organized by the sheriff's 14 department. 15 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to read 16 as follows: 17 § 236. Youth outreach department. The state police shall establish, 18 from existing resources within the state police, a youth outreach 19 department, division, or component for the purposes of designing and 20 carrying out youth activities organized by the state police. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05981-01-5
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