Bill Text: NY A04832 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Preempts local laws from requiring minimum work requirements for volunteer security guards in their communities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - referred to economic development [A04832 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-A04832-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4832 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY 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: 1 Section 1. Section 89-r of the general business law, as amended by 2 chapter 634 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 89-r. Preemption. The provisions of this article shall govern 4 notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and further, no local law 5 shall be enacted which shall require any fee or license for the licen- 6 sure [of] or registration [or] of security guards. Further no local law 7 shall be enacted which requires minimum hour work requirements for 8 volunteer security guards. 9 § 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
