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Senate Bill S8931

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates all fire marshals in the county of Suffolk as peace officers; repealer

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2025-S8931 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.10, rpld §2.10 subs 62, 63, 65, 71 & 77, CP L

2025-S8931 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates all chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, fire marshal IIs and fire marshal Is employed by the county of Suffolk or a town or village therein as peace officers.

2025-S8931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8931
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  designating
   fire  marshals  in  the  county  of  Suffolk as peace officers; and to
   repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  61 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure
 law, as added by chapter 257 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   61. [Chief fire marshall, assistant chief fire marshall, fire marshall
 II  and  fire  marshall  I,  all  of whom are full-time employees of the
 Suffolk county department of fire, rescue and emergency  services,  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] CHIEF FIRE MARSHALS, ASSISTANT CHIEF
 FIRE MARSHALS, FIRE MARSHAL IIS AND FIRE  MARSHAL  IS  EMPLOYED  BY  THE
 COUNTY OF SUFFOLK OR A TOWN OR VILLAGE THEREIN.
   §  2. Subdivision 62 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by chapter 204 of the laws of 1993, is REPEALED.
   § 3. Subdivision 63 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law,  as
 amended by chapter 638 of the laws of 2003, is REPEALED.
   §  4.  Subdivision 65 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is
 REPEALED.
   § 5. Subdivision 71 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  6. Subdivision 77 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
 added by chapter 367 of the laws of 2004, is REPEALED.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11585-02-5

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