Assembly Bill A4832

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Preempts local laws from requiring minimum work requirements for volunteer security guards

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A4832 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-r, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8825

2025-A4832 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Preempts local laws from requiring minimum work requirements for volunteer security guards in their communities.

2025-A4832 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4832
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. E. BROWN, ANGELINO -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  preempting
   local  laws  from  requiring  minimum hours worked for security guards
   acting on a volunteer basis

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  89-r  of the general business law, as amended by
 chapter 634 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 89-r. Preemption.  The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  govern
 notwithstanding  any other law to the contrary and further, no local law
 shall be enacted which shall require any fee or license for  the  licen-
 sure  [of] OR registration [or] OF security guards. FURTHER NO LOCAL LAW
 SHALL BE ENACTED WHICH  REQUIRES  MINIMUM  HOUR  WORK  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
 VOLUNTEER SECURITY GUARDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07298-01-5

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