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Assembly Bill A6826

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires private investigators to notify the state police when they are employed by a foreign government or foreign national and requires the state police to maintain a registry of certain private investigators

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2023-A6826 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70, add §88-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4202

2023-A6826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires private investigators to notify the state police when they are employed by a foreign government or foreign national; requires the state police to maintain a registry of all private investigators who have been employed by a foreign government or foreign national.

2023-A6826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6826
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   private investigators  to  notify  the  state  police  when  they  are
   employed by a foreign government or foreign national and requiring the
   state  police  to maintain a registry of all private investigators who
   have been employed by a foreign government or foreign national
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 70 of the general business law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A.  UPON  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  A  PRIVATE  INVESTIGATOR LICENSE OR THE
 RENEWAL OF A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE,  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE LICENSEE THAT SUCH LICENSEE IS
 REQUIRED TO INFORM THE STATE POLICE WHEN HE OR  SHE  IS  EMPLOYED  BY  A
 FOREIGN  GOVERNMENT  OR  FOREIGN NATIONAL. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE IN
 ADDITION TO ANY REQUIREMENT UNDER FEDERAL LAW  REGARDING  AN  INDIVIDUAL
 OPERATING AT THE DIRECTION OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
   §  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 88-a
 to read as follows:
   § 88-A. PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR REGISTRY. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE
 POLICE SHALL MAINTAIN A REGISTRY OF PRIVATE  INVESTIGATORS  LICENSED  IN
 THE  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS ARTICLE WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY FOREIGN
 NATIONALS AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. SUCH REGISTRY SHALL ONLY BE  OPEN  TO
 THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  AND  MEMBERS  OF THE STATE POLICE. SUCH REGISTRY
 SHALL INCLUDE:
   1. THE NAME OF THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR;
   2. THE BUSINESS NAME ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR;
   3. THE ADDRESS AT WHICH SUCH BUSINESS IS REGISTERED;
   4. THE NAME AND BUSINESS NAME OF THE CLIENT; AND
   5. THE ADDRESS OF THE CLIENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10882-01-3

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