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NY A 2494

in committee

Establishes the school safety specialist act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 2494 pass?

Not yet. NY A 2494 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY A 2494 about?

Establishes the school safety specialist act; establishes a certification and training program for school safety specialists; outlines the roles and duties of school safety specialists.

Who sponsors NY A 2494?

Scott H. Bendett is the primary sponsor of NY A 2494, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the school safety specialist act; establishes a certification and training program for school safety specialists; outlines the roles and duties of school safety specialists.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Scott H. Bendettprimary
  • Stephen Hawleycosponsor
  • Karl Brabeneccosponsor
  • Robert Smullencosponsor
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • Keith Browncosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-17

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-20

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN EDUCATION

    failure

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8264not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 5378

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A2494?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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