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Assembly Bill A7248

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes localities to remove citizenship requirements for police and firefighters in their jurisdictions

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2025-A7248 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §209-ii, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3557
2011-2012: A4372
2013-2014: A4832
2015-2016: A6810
2017-2018: A714
2019-2020: A6265
2021-2022: A1666
2023-2024: A6462

2025-A7248 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes localities to remove citizenship requirements for police and firefighters in their jurisdictions.

2025-A7248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7248
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   the  removal  of citizenship requirements from police and firefighters
   by local law

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 209-ii to read as follows:
   §  209-II.  CITIZENSHIP  REQUIREMENTS  OF  POLICE  AND   FIREFIGHTERS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNING  BODIES OF THE SEVERAL CITIES,
 TOWNS, VILLAGES, POLICE AND FIRE  DISTRICTS  OF  THE  STATE  ARE  HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED  TO  REMOVE, BY LOCAL LAW, RULE OR ORDINANCE, ANY CITIZENSHIP
 REQUIREMENTS FROM THE QUALIFICATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS  AND  FIREFIGHT-
 ERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07216-01-5

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