NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8392

Senate Bill S8392

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to designating uniformed officers of the fire marshal's office of the town of Huntington as peace officers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 06, 2025	referred to rules

2025-S8392 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7547
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2.10, CP L

2025-S8392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates uniformed officers of the fire marshal's office of the town of Huntington as peace officers.

2025-S8392 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8392

SPONSOR: MATTERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
uniformed officers of the fire marshal's office of the town of Hunting-
ton as peace officers

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would designate uniformed officers who serve in the fire
marshal's office in the town of Huntington as peace officers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends subdivision 63 of section 2.10 of the criminal proce-
dure law, as amended by chapter 638 of the laws of 2003.

Section 2: sets the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The Town of Huntington Fire Marshal's Office frequently collaborates
with the Suffolk County Police Department's Second Precinct on special
operations. Given the difficult nature of these assignments, providing
peace officer status to the uniformed officers of the fire marshal's
office will provide essential protection for these public servants,
particularly during emergencies and sensitive enforcement operations. It
will also give the uniformed officers of the Town of Huntington Fire
Marshal's Office parity with neighboring jurisdictions that currently
have peace officer status including the towns of Islip, Babylon, Smith-
town, Brookhaven, Riverhead and Southampton.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: S5885 - referred to codes

2016: S6638 - passed the senate

2015: A2318 / S2137 - passed the assembly and senate. Veto No.  250 of
2015

2014: A7080 / S4545 - passed the assembly and senate. Veto No.  491 of
2014

2012: A9883 / S6996 - passed the assembly and senate. Veto No.  189 of
2012

2011: A6600 / S4209 - passed the assembly and senate. Veto No.  46 of
2011

2009: A5709A / S2407A - passed the assembly and senate. Veto No. 37 of
2009 2008: A10719 / S8106 - passed the assembly and senate. Veto No.
129 of 2008

2007: A8255 / S5778 - passed the assembly and senate.  Veto No. 47 of
2007

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8392
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
   uniformed  officers  of the fire marshal's office of the town of Hunt-
   ington as peace officers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  63 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
 law, as amended by chapter 638 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   63.  Uniformed  members  of  the  fire marshal's office in the town of
 Southampton [and], the town of Riverhead AND  THE  TOWN  OF  HUNTINGTON,
 when  acting  pursuant  to their special duties in matters arising under
 the laws relating to fires, the extinguishment thereof and fire  perils;
 provided,  however  that  nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to
 authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm
 unless the appropriate license therefor  has  been  issued  pursuant  to
 section 400.00 of the penal law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08815-01-5

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