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NY S 7561

in committee

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7561 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7561 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 7561 about?

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.

Who sponsors NY S 7561?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 7561.

Description

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.

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

  • Cordell Cleareprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-22

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8053not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6489not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6140not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1284

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7561?summary=&detail=

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