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Senate Bill S9328

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital

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Current Bill Status Via A10518 - Passed Senate

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2025-S9328 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10518
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.10, CP L

2025-S9328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital when acting pursuant to their special duties on the grounds or premises owned, controlled or administered by any such hospital or any of its subsidiaries.

2025-S9328 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9328
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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  granting
   peace  officer status to security officers employed by Albany Memorial
   Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital
 
   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 ALBANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, LOCATED AT
 600 NORTHERN BOULEVARD  IN  THE  CITY  OF  ALBANY;  SAMARITAN  HOSPITAL,
 LOCATED  AT  2215  BURDETT  AVENUE  IN THE CITY OF TROY; AND ST. PETER'S
 HOSPITAL, LOCATED AT 315 SOUTH MANNING BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF  ALBANY,
 WHEN  ACTING PURSUANT TO THEIR SPECIAL DUTIES ON THE GROUNDS OR PREMISES
 OWNED, CONTROLLED OR ADMINISTERED BY SUCH HOSPITAL OR ANY OF ITS SUBSID-
 IARIES, OR ON ANY PUBLIC STREET OR SIDEWALK THAT ABUTS THE  PROPERTY  OF
 SUCH  HOSPITAL,  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 OFFICER HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE, OR PROBABLE CAUSE
 TO BELIEVE, THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL 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.
                                                            LBD14255-01-5

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