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NY A03005
NY A03005Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to criminal justice including the psychological testing of candidates, expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers, prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, correctional facilities, incarcerated individual work release, furlough and leave
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Introduced
01/22/2025
01/22/2025
In Committee
05/07/2025
05/07/2025
Crossed Over
05/07/2025
05/07/2025
Passed
05/08/2025
05/08/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/09/2025
05/09/2025
Introduced Session
2025-2026 General Assembly
Bill Summary
AN ACT to amend chapter 887 of the laws of 1983, amending the correction law relating to the psychological testing of candidates, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 428 of the laws of , amending the executive law and the criminal procedure law relating to expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers, in relation to extending the expiration of such chapter; to amend chapter 886 of the laws of 1972, amending the correction law and the penal law relating to prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 261 of the laws of 1987, amending chapters 50, 53 and 54 of the laws of 1987, the correction law, the penal law and other chapters and laws relating to correctional facilities, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 339 of the laws of 1972, amending the correction law and the penal law relating to inmate work release, furlough and leave, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 60 of the laws of 1994 relating to certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, in relation to extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 907 of the laws of 1984, amending the correction law, the New York city criminal court act and the executive law relating to prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs, in relation to extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 166 of the laws of 1991, amending the tax law and other laws relating to taxes, in relation to extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to extending the expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee; to amend chapter 713 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehicle and traffic law relating to the ignition interlock device program, in relation to extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 435 of the laws of , amending the military law and other laws relating to various provisions, in relation to extending the expiration date of the merit provisions of the correction law and the penal law of such chapter; to amend chapter 412 of the laws of 1999, amending the civil practice law and rules and the court of claims act relating to prisoner litigation reform, in relation to extending the expiration of the inmate filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter; to amend chapter 222 of the laws of 1994 constituting the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994, in relation to extending the expiration of certain provisions of the criminal procedure law requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence; to amend chapter 505 of the laws of 1985, amending the criminal procedure law relating to the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses, in relation to extending the expiration of the provisions thereof; to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, enacting the sentencing reform act of 1995, in relation to extending the expiration of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 689 of the laws of 1993 amending the criminal procedure law relating to electronic court appearance in certain counties, in relation to extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 688 of the laws of , amending the executive law relating to enacting the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, amending the correction law relating to limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities, providing for the custody by the department of correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences, providing for custody of federal prisoners and requiring the closing of certain correctional facilities, in relation to the effectiveness of such chapter; to amend chapter 152 of the laws of 2001 amending the military law relating to military funds of the organized militia, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 554 of the laws of 1986, amending the correction law and the penal law relating to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend chapter 55 of the laws of , amending the criminal procedure law relating to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the City of New York, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part A); intentionally omitted (Part B); to amend the public officers law, in relation to residency requirements for certain positions as a correction officer; to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to mandatory retirement for certain members or officers of the state police; to amend the executive law, in relation to eligibility for appointment as a sworn member of the state police; and to amend the civil service law, in relation to the requirements for appointment of police officers (Part C); intentionally omitted (Part D); intentionally omitted (Part E); intentionally omitted (Part F); to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding support services for victims of financial abuse and homicide (Part G); to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation to expanding protections and services to survivors of sexual assault (Part H); to amend the social services law, in relation to public assistance for survivors of gender-based violence; and to repeal subdivision 4 of section 349-a of the social services law relating thereto (Part I); to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation to a model gender-based violence and the workplace policy (Part J); intentionally omitted (Part K); to amend the penal law, in relation to artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material (Part L); intentionally omitted (Part M); intentionally omitted (Part N); intentionally omitted (Part O); intentionally omitted (Part P); to amend chapter 396 of the laws of 2010 amending the alcoholic beverage control law relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part Q); to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the bonding limit of the New York city transitional finance authority (Part R); to amend the real property tax law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the industrial and commercial abatement program (Part S); intentionally omitted (Part T); intentionally omitted (Part U); to amend the civil service law, in relation to extending the waiver of certain state civil service examination fees; and to amend part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, amending the civil service law relating to waiving state civil service examination fees between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part V); to amend the state finance law, in relation to providing for an alternate payment election for certain employees; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions of such law relating thereto (Part W); intentionally omitted (Part X); to amend chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, constituting the infrastructure investment act, in relation to construction manager as constructor contracts (Part Y); intentionally omitted (Part Z); to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to medical providers entitled to render emergency care and treatment in cases of a workers' compensation injury (Part AA); intentionally omitted (Part BB); to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to temporary payment of compensation for medical treatment and care (Part CC); intentionally omitted (Part DD); intentionally omitted (Part EE); intentionally omitted (Part FF); to amend the correction law, in relation to addressing accountability within the department of corrections and community supervision (Part GG); to amend the correction law, in relation to the functions, powers and duties of the state commission of correction (Part HH); intentionally omitted (Part II); to amend chapter 729 of the laws of 2023, constituting the New York State community commission on reparations remedies, in relation to extending the time the New York State community commission on reparations remedies has to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature and the governor (Part JJ); enacting the "Oak Orchard wastewater project design-build act"; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part KK); to amend the judiciary law, in relation to increasing the amount of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of the unified court system (Part LL); to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the New York state office of gun violence prevention; and to repeal certain provisions of the public health law relating thereto (Part MM); to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to additional judges in the civil court of the city of New York; and to amend the court of claims act, in relation to increasing the number of judges of the court of claims (Part NN); to amend the election law and the state finance law, in relation to public campaign financing; and to repeal section 11 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020 amending the election law relating to public financing for state office; amending the state finance law relating to establishing the New York state campaign finance fund; and amending the tax law relating to establishing the NYS campaign finance fund check-off, relating to the severability of the provisions thereof (Part OO); to amend the legislative law, in relation to delaying implementing certain restrictions on outside earned income by members of the legislature until January 1, 2027 (Part PP); to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are designated and voted on jointly (Part QQ); to amend the executive law, in relation to civil enforcement actions initiated by the attorney general (Part RR); to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to the restoration of 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers (Part SS); to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to establishing a twenty-five year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs (Part TT); to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to removing eligibility or receipt of primary social security disability benefits as a condition for ordinary disability retirement for certain members (Part UU); to amend part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022 amending the retirement and social security law relating to waiving approval and income limitations on retirees employed in school districts and board of cooperative educational services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part VV); to amend the criminal procedure law, the executive law and the mental hygiene law, in relation to virtual appearances in certain criminal proceedings; to repeal certain provisions of the criminal procedure law relating thereto; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part WW); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to promotions of police detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants for retirement purposes (Part XX); to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to establishing alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for certain officers of state law enforcement (Part YY); to amend the correction law, in relation to lowering the minimum hiring age for correction officers (Part ZZ); to amend chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, amending the legislative law and the state finance law relating to the operation and administration of the legislature, in relation to extending such provisions (Part AAA); and in relation to authorizing the department of corrections and community supervision to close up to three correctional facilities in the 2025--2026 state fiscal year; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part BBB)
AI Summary
This bill encompasses a comprehensive budget implementation act for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year, covering numerous aspects of New York state law. Here is a summary of key provisions:
This bill provides a wide-ranging set of legislative changes affecting multiple areas of state government, including criminal justice, retirement systems, campaign finance, public safety, and administrative procedures. The bill extends and modifies various existing laws and introduces new provisions across numerous domains. Some notable highlights include creating a new 20-year and 25-year retirement plan for state law enforcement officers, lowering the minimum hiring age for correction officers to 18 with specific restrictions, establishing a New York State Office of Gun Violence Prevention, modifying public campaign financing rules, and allowing the governor to close up to three correctional facilities in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The bill also makes technical changes to various existing laws, such as extending sunset dates for certain programs and updating language to be more gender-neutral. The provisions are organized into multiple parts (A through BBB), each addressing different policy areas, and the bill includes provisions for the effective dates of various sections, with many taking effect immediately or on specific dates in 2025 or 2026.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
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Last Action
signed chap.55 (on 05/09/2025)
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