Senate Bill S9184A

                             
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                                  9184--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2026
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 Introduced  by Sens. C. RYAN, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Codes  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
   peace officer status to security officers  employed  by  St.  Joseph's
   Health Hospital, North Medical Center and Northeast Medical Center
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows:
   88.  SECURITY  OFFICERS  EMPLOYED  BY  ST.  JOSEPH'S  HEALTH HOSPITAL,
 LOCATED AT 301 PROSPECT AVENUE IN THE CITY OF  SYRACUSE;  NORTH  MEDICAL
 CENTER,  LOCATED  AT  TAFT  ROAD  IN  THE VILLAGE OF NORTH SYRACUSE; AND
 NORTHEAST MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED AT  NORTHEAST  MEDICAL  CENTER  DRIVE,
 SUITE  301 IN THE VILLAGE OF FAYETTEVILLE, WHEN ACTING PURSUANT TO THEIR
 SPECIAL DUTIES ON THE GROUNDS OR PREMISES OWNED, CONTROLLED OR  ADMINIS-
 TERED BY SUCH HOSPITAL OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, SHALL HAVE THE POWERS
 OF  PEACE OFFICERS WITHIN SUCH GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND BEYOND SUCH AREA UPON
 THE REQUEST OF THE CHIEF  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER  OF  THE  LOCAL  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  JURISDICTION  OR SUCH OFFICER'S DESIGNEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 TRANSPORTING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS  BEEN  ARRESTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 SECTION  140.27 OF THIS CHAPTER WHEN NO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS
 AVAILABLE TO TRANSPORT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IN A TIMELY  MANNER.  SUCH  PEACE
 OFFICERS  SHALL  HAVE  THE POWERS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B), (C),
 (D), (E) AND (H) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 2.20 OF THIS ARTICLE  AND
 THE  POWER TO DETAIN AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME WHILE
 AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PEACE  OFFI-
 CER  HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE, OR PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE, THAT SUCH INDI-
 VIDUAL HAS COMMITTED AN OFFENSE; 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.
              

                                                            LBD14832-02-6