Senate Bill S9020C

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by the counties of Rockland and Orange

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Current Bill Status Via A10080 - Passed Senate

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 01, 2026	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.532 substituted for s9020c
Apr 01, 2026	substituted by a10080b
Mar 25, 2026	amended on third reading (t) 9020c
Mar 24, 2026	amended on third reading (t) 9020b
Mar 12, 2026	advanced to third reading
Mar 11, 2026	2nd report cal.
Mar 10, 2026	1st report cal.532
Mar 03, 2026	print number 9020a
Mar 03, 2026	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 22, 2026	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Apr 1, 2026 - Floor Vote
  A10080
  
  Aye
  
  59
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  3
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 1, 2026
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Borrello
      
      Bottcher
      
      Bynoe
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fahy
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      Zellner
      
      nay (1)
      
      Brisport
      
      excused (3)
      
      Brouk
      
      Sutton
      
      Webb
  Mar 10, 2026 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S9020C
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  2
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Mar 10, 2026
      
      aye (5)
      
      Bottcher
      
      Bynoe
      
      Chan
      
      May
      
      Skoufis
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Cleare
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

C (Active)

co-Sponsors

2025-S9020 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10080
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3 & 30, Pub Off L

2025-S9020 - Summary

Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by local correction facilities of Rockland and Orange counties.

2025-S9020 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9020

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding
geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
cers employed by local correction facilities

 
PURPOSE:

To allow correction officers employed by local municipalities contiguous
to another state to reside within a designated geographical boundary
within such contiguous state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds subdivision 2-e to Public Officers Law § 3 . It permits
uniformed, members of correctional facilities and sheriff's departments
to hold office while residing in the employing county, a contiguous New
York county, a contiguous state, or a county in a contiguous state with-
in 45 miles of the jurisdiction's boundary.

Section 2 amends the public officers law to include definitions, as used
in this chapter, for state officer, local officer, and uniformed member.

Section three adds subdivision 9 to Public Officers Law § 30, stipulat-
ing that a local office is not rendered vacant if a uniformed member of
a correctional or sheriff's department resides in a contiguous state,
provided their residence is located within 45 miles of the jurisdic-
tion's boundary.

Section four is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Local correctional facilities face ongoing difficulties with recruitment
of new correction officers, as well as retention of trained, experienced
officers. Elimination of the residency requirements contained within the
public officers law will allow municipal agencies to expand their
geographical search for correction officer candidates, as well as enable
such municipalities to retain experienced officers seeking domicile
within another state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it has become a law.

2025-S9020 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9020
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  expanding
   geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
   cers employed by local correction facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-e to read as follows:
   2-E. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION,  NOR  OF  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  CHARTER,  CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR
 REGULATION, REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF   THE  STATE  OR  THE
 POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH
 SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED,  SHALL
 APPLY  TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON AS A UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPART-
 MENT OF CORRECTION OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF ANY POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
 OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  OF THE STATE IF SUCH PERSON RESIDES (A) IN A
 COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  IS
 LOCATED; OR (B) IN A COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE CONTIGUOUS TO THE COUNTY IN
 WHICH SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS LOCATED; OR
 (C)  IN A COUNTY WITHIN A STATE CONTIGUOUS TO SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
 OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; OR (D) IN A COUNTY WITHIN A  STATE  CONTIGUOUS
 TO  A  COUNTY  DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHERE THE
 UNIFORMED MEMBER'S RESIDENCE IS LESS THAN  FORTY-FIVE  MILES  FROM  SUCH
 POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION,  MEASURED FROM THEIR
 RESPECTIVE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINES.
   § 2. Section 2 of the public  officers  law  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 2. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS CHAPTER:
   1.  The  term  "state officer" includes every officer for whom all the
 electors of the state are entitled to vote, members of the  legislature,
 justices  of  the  supreme  court,  regents of the university, and every
 officer, appointed by one or more state officers, or by the legislature,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14565-01-6
 S. 9020                             2
 
 and authorized to exercise [his] THEIR official functions throughout the
 entire state, or without limitation to any political subdivision of  the
 state,  except United States senators, members of congress, and electors
 for president and vice-president of the United States.
   2.  The  term  "local  officer"  includes  every  other officer who is
 elected by the electors of a portion only of the state, every officer of
 a political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, and every
 officer limited in the execution of [his] THEIR official functions to  a
 portion  only  of  the  state.  The office of a state officer is a state
 office. The office of a local officer is a local office.
   3. THE TERM "UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION  OR  SHER-
 IFF'S DEPARTMENT" SHALL MEAN ALL UNIFORMED PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY A SHER-
 IFF'S DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS A CORRECTION RECRUIT,
 CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION CORPORAL, CORRECTION SERGEANT, CORRECTION
 LIEUTENANT,  CORRECTION  CAPTAIN,  CORRECTION  COLONEL,  SHERIFF, DEPUTY
 SHERIFF, ASSISTANT WARDEN OR WARDEN.
   § 3. Section 30 of the public officers law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, NOR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 LOCAL  LAW,  CHARTER,  CODE,  ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR REGULATION,
 CREATING A VACANCY IN A LOCAL  OFFICE  OF  A  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE IF THE INCUMBENT THEREOF CEASES TO BE
 A  RESIDENT OF THE STATE, SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPO-
 RATION, SHALL APPLY IN THE CASE OF A  PERSON  EMPLOYED  AS  A  UNIFORMED
 MEMBER  OF  A  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PROVIDED
 (A) SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS CONTIGUOUS TO
 ANOTHER STATE; (B) SUCH UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION
 OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESIDES IN A COUNTY WITHIN A STATE CONTIGUOUS TO
 SUCH  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION;  AND  (C) SUCH
 UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR  SHERIFF'S  DEPARTMENT
 DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHERE THE FORMER IS LESS
 THAN FORTY-FIVE MILES  FROM  SUCH  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION, MEASURED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2025-S9020A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10080
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3 & 30, Pub Off L

2025-S9020A - Summary

Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by local correction facilities of Rockland and Orange counties.

2025-S9020A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9020A

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding
geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
cers employed by local correction facilities

 
PURPOSE:

To allow correction officers employed by local municipalities contiguous
to another state to reside within a designated geographical boundary
within such contiguous state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds subdivision 2-e to Public Officers Law § 3 . It permits
uniformed, members of correctional facilities and sheriffs departments
to hold office while residing in the employing county, a contiguous New
York county, a contiguous state, or a county in a contiguous state with-
in 45 miles of the jurisdiction's boundary.

Section 2 amends the public officers law to include definitions, as used
in this chapter, for state officer, local officer, and uniformed member.

Section three adds subdivision 9 to Public Officers Law § 30, stipulat-
ing that a local office is not rendered vacant if a uniformed member of
a correctional or sheriffs department resides in a contiguous state,
provided their residence is located within 45 miles of the jurisdic-
tion's boundary.

Section four is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Local correctional facilities face ongoing difficulties with recruitment
of new correction officers, as well as retention of trained, experienced
officers. Elimination of the residency requirements contained within the
public officers law will allow municipal agencies to expand their
geographical search for correction officer candidates, as well as enable
such municipalities to retain experienced officers seeking domicile
within another state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it has become a law.

2025-S9020A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9020--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HARCKHAM, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
   and  Government  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  expanding
   geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
   cers employed by local correction facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-e to read as follows:
   2-E. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION,  NOR  OF  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  CHARTER,  CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR
 REGULATION, REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF   THE  STATE  OR  THE
 POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH
 SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED,  SHALL
 APPLY  TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON AS A UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPART-
 MENT OF CORRECTION OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF ANY POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
 OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  OF THE STATE IF SUCH PERSON RESIDES (A) IN A
 COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  IS
 LOCATED; OR (B) IN A COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE CONTIGUOUS TO THE COUNTY IN
 WHICH SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS LOCATED; OR
 (C)  IN A COUNTY WITHIN A STATE CONTIGUOUS TO SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
 OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; OR (D) IN A COUNTY WITHIN A  STATE  CONTIGUOUS
 TO  A  COUNTY  DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHERE THE
 UNIFORMED MEMBER'S RESIDENCE IS LESS THAN  FORTY-FIVE  MILES  FROM  SUCH
 POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION,  MEASURED FROM THEIR
 RESPECTIVE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINES.
   § 2. Section 2 of the public  officers  law  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 2. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS CHAPTER:
   1.  The  term  "state officer" includes every officer for whom all the
 electors of the state are entitled to vote, members of the  legislature,
 justices  of  the  supreme  court,  regents of the university, and every
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14565-04-6
 S. 9020--A                          2
 
 officer, appointed by one or more state officers, or by the legislature,
 and authorized to exercise [his] THEIR official functions throughout the
 entire state, or without limitation to any political subdivision of  the
 state,  except United States senators, members of congress, and electors
 for president and vice-president of the United States.
   2. The term "local  officer"  includes  every  other  officer  who  is
 elected by the electors of a portion only of the state, every officer of
 a political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, and every
 officer  limited in the execution of [his] THEIR official functions to a
 portion only of the state. The office of a  state  officer  is  a  state
 office. The office of a local officer is a local office.
   3.  THE  TERM "UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR SHER-
 IFF'S DEPARTMENT" SHALL MEAN ALL UNIFORMED PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY A SHER-
 IFF'S DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS A CORRECTION RECRUIT,
 CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION CORPORAL, CORRECTION SERGEANT, CORRECTION
 LIEUTENANT,   CORRECTION   CAPTAIN,   CORRECTION   COLONEL,   CHIEF   OF
 CORRECTIONS, ASSISTANT WARDEN OR WARDEN.
   §  3. Section 30 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, NOR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE, ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION,  RULE  OR  REGULATION,
 CREATING  A  VACANCY  IN  A  LOCAL  OFFICE OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE IF THE INCUMBENT THEREOF CEASES TO BE
 A RESIDENT OF THE STATE, SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL  CORPO-
 RATION,  SHALL  APPLY  IN  THE  CASE OF A PERSON EMPLOYED AS A UNIFORMED
 MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR  SHERIFF'S  DEPARTMENT  PROVIDED
 (A) SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS CONTIGUOUS TO
 ANOTHER  STATE;  (B) SUCH UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
 OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESIDES IN A COUNTY WITHIN A STATE CONTIGUOUS TO
 SUCH POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION;  AND  (C)  SUCH
 UNIFORMED  MEMBER  OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
 DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHERE THE FORMER IS  LESS
 THAN  FORTY-FIVE  MILES  FROM  SUCH  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION, MEASURED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2025-S9020B - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10080
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3 & 30, Pub Off L

2025-S9020B - Summary

Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by local correction facilities of Rockland and Orange counties.

2025-S9020B - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9020B

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding
geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
cers employed by certain local correctional facilities

 
PURPOSE:

To allow correction officers employed by local municipalities contiguous
to another state to reside within a designated geographical boundary
within such contiguous state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds subdivision 2-e to Public Officers Law § 3 . It permits
uniformed, members of correctional facilities and sheriffs departments
in Rockland and Orange counties to hold office while residing in the
employing county, a contiguous New York county, a contiguous state, or a
county in a contiguous state with- in 45 miles of the jurisdiction's

boundary.

Section 2 amends the public officers law to include definitions, as used
in this chapter, for state officer, local officer, and uniformed member
of these counties.

Section three adds subdivision 9 to Public Officers Law § 30, stipulat-
ing that a local office is not rendered vacant if a uniformed member of
a correctional or sheriffs department of Rockland and Orange county
resides in a contiguous state, provided their residence is located with-
in 45 miles of the jurisdiction's boundary.

Section four is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Rockland and Orange County correctional facilities have faced ongoing
difficulties with recruitment of new correction officers, as well as
retention of trained, experienced officers. Elimination of the residency
requirements contained within the public officers law will allow these
counties to expand their geographical search for correction officer
candidates, as well as enable such municipalities to retain experienced
officers seeking domicile within another state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it has become a law.

2025-S9020B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9020--B
     Cal. No. 532
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HARCKHAM, SKOUFIS, WEBER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations  and  Government  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to  first  and
   second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  expanding
   geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
   cers employed by certain local correctional facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-e to read as follows:
   2-E. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION,  NOR  OF  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  CHARTER,  CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR
 REGULATION, REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF   THE  STATE  OR  THE
 POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH
 SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED,  SHALL
 APPLY  TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON AS A UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPART-
 MENT OF CORRECTION OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF ROCKLAND OR  ORANGE  COUN-
 TIES  IF SUCH MEMBER RESIDES (A) IN A COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE CONTIGUOUS
 TO ROCKLAND OR ORANGE COUNTIES; OR  (B)  IN  A  COUNTY  WITHIN  A  STATE
 CONTIGUOUS  TO  ROCKLAND OR ORANGE COUNTIES; AND SUCH UNIFORMED MEMBER'S
 RESIDENCE IS LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE MILES FROM ROCKLAND OR  ORANGE  COUNTY
 MEASURED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINES.
   §  2.  Section  2  of  the  public  officers law is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 2. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS CHAPTER:
   1. The term "state officer" includes every officer for  whom  all  the
 electors  of the state are entitled to vote, members of the legislature,
 justices of the supreme court, regents  of  the  university,  and  every
 officer, appointed by one or more state officers, or by the legislature,
 and authorized to exercise [his] THEIR official functions throughout the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14565-10-6
 S. 9020--B                          2
 
 entire  state, or without limitation to any political subdivision of the
 state, except United States senators, members of congress, and  electors
 for president and vice-president of the United States.
   2.  The  term  "local  officer"  includes  every  other officer who is
 elected by the electors of a portion only of the state, every officer of
 a political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, and every
 officer limited in the execution of [his] THEIR official functions to  a
 portion  only  of  the  state.  The office of a state officer is a state
 office. The office of a local officer is a local office.
   3. THE TERM "UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION  OR  SHER-
 IFF'S  DEPARTMENT OF ROCKLAND OR ORANGE COUNTY" SHALL MEAN ALL UNIFORMED
 PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE SHERIFF'S  DEPARTMENT  OR  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY   OF  ROCKLAND  OR  ORANGE  COUNTY  AS  A  CORRECTION  RECRUIT,
 CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION CORPORAL, CORRECTION SERGEANT, CORRECTION
 LIEUTENANT,   CORRECTION   CAPTAIN,   CORRECTION   COLONEL,   CHIEF   OF
 CORRECTIONS, ASSISTANT WARDEN OR WARDEN.
   §  3. Section 30 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, NOR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE, ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION,  RULE  OR  REGULATION,
 CREATING  A  VACANCY  IN  A  LOCAL  OFFICE OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE IF THE INCUMBENT THEREOF CEASES TO BE
 A RESIDENT OF THE STATE, SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL  CORPO-
 RATION,  SHALL  APPLY  IN  THE  CASE OF A PERSON EMPLOYED AS A UNIFORMED
 MEMBER OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF ROCKLAND
 OR ORANGE COUNTY PROVIDED (A) SUCH UNIFORMED MEMBER OF A  DEPARTMENT  OF
 CORRECTION  OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF ROCKLAND OR ORANGE COUNTY RESIDES
 IN A COUNTY WITHIN A STATE CONTIGUOUS TO ROCKLAND OR ORANGE COUNTY;  AND
 (B)  SUCH  UNIFORMED  MEMBER  OF A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR SHERIFF'S
 DEPARTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHERE  THE
 FORMER  IS  LESS  THAN  FORTY-FIVE MILES FROM ROCKLAND OR ORANGE COUNTY,
 MEASURED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2025-S9020C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10080
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3 & 30, Pub Off L

2025-S9020C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by local correction facilities of Rockland and Orange counties.

2025-S9020C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9020C

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding
geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
cers employed by the counties of Rockland and Orange

 
PURPOSE:

To allow correction officers employed by local municipalities contiguous
to another state to reside within a designated geographical boundary
within such contiguous state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds subdivision 2-e to Public Officers Law § 3 . It permits
uniformed, members of correctional facilities and sheriffs departments
in Rockland and Orange counties to hold office while residing in the
employing county, a contiguous New York county, a contiguous state, or a
county in a contiguous state with- in 45 miles of the jurisdiction's

boundary.

Section 2 amends the public officers law to include definitions, as used
in this chapter, for state officer, local officer, and uniformed member
of these counties.

Section three adds subdivision 9 to Public Officers Law § 30, stipulat-
ing that a local office is not rendered vacant if a uniformed member of
a correctional or sheriffs department of Rockland and Orange county
resides in a contiguous state, provided their residence is located with-
in 45 miles of the jurisdiction's boundary.

Section four is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Rockland and Orange County correctional facilities have faced ongoing
difficulties with recruitment of new correction officers, as well as
retention of trained, experienced officers. Elimination of the residency
requirements contained within the public officers law will allow these
counties to expand their geographical search for correction officer
candidates, as well as enable such municipalities to retain experienced
officers seeking domicile within another state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it has become a law.

2025-S9020C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9020--C
     Cal. No. 532
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HARCKHAM, SKOUFIS, WEBER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations  and  Government  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to  first  and
   second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading --  again
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  expanding
   geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
   cers employed by the counties of Rockland and Orange
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-e to read as follows:
   2-E. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION,  NOR  OF  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  CHARTER,  CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR
 REGULATION, REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL  SUBDI-
 VISION  OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON'S
 OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE  EXERCISED,  SHALL  APPLY  TO  THE
 APPOINTMENT  OF  A  PERSON  AS A CORRECTION RECRUIT, CORRECTION OFFICER,
 CORRECTION  CORPORAL,  CORRECTION   SERGEANT,   CORRECTION   LIEUTENANT,
 CORRECTION  CAPTAIN, CORRECTION COLONEL, CHIEF OF CORRECTIONS, ASSISTANT
 WARDEN, OR WARDEN BY A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
 ITY OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN  THE  COUN-
 TIES  OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE IF SUCH PERSON RESIDES: (A) IN THE COUNTIES
 OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE; OR (B) IN A COUNTY WITHIN THE  STATE  CONTIGUOUS
 TO THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE.
   §  2. Section 30 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, NOR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE, ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION,  RULE  OR  REGULATION,
 CREATING  A  VACANCY  IN  A  LOCAL  OFFICE OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14565-19-6
 S. 9020--C                          2
 
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE IF THE INCUMBENT THEREOF CEASES TO BE
 A RESIDENT   OF THE STATE OR SUCH  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION,  SHALL  APPLY IN THE CASE OF A PERSON HOLDING THE OFFICE OF
 CORRECTION  RECRUIT, CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION CORPORAL, CORRECTION
 SERGEANT, CORRECTION LIEUTENANT, CORRECTION CAPTAIN, CORRECTION COLONEL,
 CHIEF OF CORRECTIONS, ASSISTANT WARDEN, OR WARDEN EMPLOYED  BY  A  SHER-
 IFF'S  DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDI-
 VISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND  AND  ORANGE
 AS  OF  APRIL  FOURTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  PROVIDED SUCH PERSON
 RESIDES WITHIN FORTY-FIVE MILES OF THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND AND  ORANGE,
 MEASURED FROM THE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINE OF SUCH COUNTIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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