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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

S03005 Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to criminal justice including the psychological testing of candidates, expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers, prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom, correctional facilities, incarcerated individual work release, furlough and leave, certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget, taxes, surcharges, fees and funding, prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs, taxes, expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee, the ignition interlock device program, the merit provisions, prisoner litigation reform and the incarcerated individual filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and incarcerated individual property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter, the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994, certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence, the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses, the counties, the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities, the custody by the department of correctional services of incarcerated individual serving definite sentences, custody of federal prisoners, the closing of certain correctional facilities, military funds of the organized militia, providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the city of New York (Part A); expands eligibility for who may hold correction and police officer positions (Part C); expands support services for victims of financial abuse and homicide (Part G); expands protections and services to survivors of sexual assault for itemized charges related to exams for such survivors (Part H); improves access to public assistance for survivors of gender-based violence; repeals provisions relating thereto (Part I); requires certain employers to implement a model gender-based violence and the workplace policy (Part J); prohibits artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material (Part L); extends provisions of law relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits (Part Q); increases the bond limit for the New York city transitional finance authority (Part R); modifies the industrial and commercial abatement program (Part S); extends the civil service examination fee waiver for certain persons (Part V); provides for an optional payment election for certain employees (Part W); authorizes construction manager as constructor contracts as an alternative delivery method for authorized projects; defines construction manager as constructor contracts (Part Y); allows certain residents or fellows to render medical care in cases of workers' compensation injuries (Part AA); provides for temporary payment of compensation for medical treatment and care, including prescription drugs (Part CC); establishes a body-worn cameras program within the department of corrections and community supervision to increase accountability (Part GG); relates to the functions, powers and duties of the state commission on correction (Part HH); extends the time the New York State community commission on reparations remedies has to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature and the governor (Part JJ); establishes the "Oak Orchard wastewater project design-build act" for the wastewater treatment plant in the town of Clay, county of Onondaga (Part KK); increases the amount of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court of the unified court system (Part LL); establishes the New York state office of gun violence prevention (Part MM); provides for ten additional judges for the New York city civil court and five additional judges for the court of claims (Part NN); relates to public campaign financing; changes certain thresholds and procedures; repeals certain provisions of chapter 58 of 2020 relating to severability (Part OO); delays implementing certain restrictions on outside earned income by members of the legislature until January 1, 2027 (Part PP); requires that candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are designated jointly; provides that ballots shall reflect that that offices of governor and lieutenant governor are voted for jointly (Part QQ); relates to civil enforcement actions initiated by the attorney-general (Part RR); restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers (Part SS); establishes a twenty-five year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs (Part TT); removes eligibility or receipt of primary social security disability benefits as a condition for ordinary disability retirement for New York city enhanced plan members in active service who are not eligible for a normal retirement benefit and have completed five years or more of service (Part UU); extends the retiree earnings limitation waiver for school employees until June 30, 2027 (Part VV); authorizes courts to dispense with the personal appearance of a party or the defendant and conduct such appearance electronically; repeals provisions relating to appearances in court; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof (Part WW); relates to promotions of police detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants for retirement purposes (Part XX); establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for certain law enforcement members or officers; provides for accidental disability retirement allowance for certain members (Part YY); lowers the minimum hiring age for correction officers to eighteen (Part ZZ); extends provisions related to the operation and administration of the legislature (Part AAA); relates to authorizing the department of corrections and community supervision to close up to three correctional facilities in the 2025--2026 state fiscal year; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part BBB).

Direction

Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Establishes a state office of gun violence prevention to advance prevention efforts, fund and coordinate programs, conduct public education including on safe firearm storage and child access prevention laws, and support local interventions, so more state activity and resources aimed at reducing gun-

There is hereby established within the division of criminal justice services an office of gun violence prevention, hereinafter "office".

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Firearms storage minorsAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 70%

Requires the new gun violence prevention office to develop and implement a public awareness campaign on safe storage of firearms to prevent child access and on related state child access prevention and safe storage laws, so greater promotion of safe storage practices.

On or before September first, two thousand twenty-five, develop and implement a public awareness campaign to educate the public on the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and prevention.

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Transgender otherAI label

Expands transgender recognition & access model confidence 75%

Repeals a provision that conditioned domestic-violence screening and waivers on a credible allegation determination and instead requires granting appropriate waivers based on an assessment using the individual's attestation or evidence, improving access to public assistance for survivors of gender-

Following referral to a domestic violence liaison, (a) the individual shall be informed by the domestic violence liaison of services, which shall be available on a voluntary basis; and (b) the domestic violence liaison shall conduct an assessment to determine if and to what extent domestic violence is a barrier to the individual's compliance with public assistance requirements or to employment and such assessment shall be based upon an attestation or the relevant information and corroborating evidence provided by the individual alleging such abuse;

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Firearms industry liabilityAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 60%

In the model gender-based violence workplace policy factors, state agencies must give due regard to "complying with state and federal law including restrictions of possession of firearms by a person convicted of a domestic violence related crime or subject to an order of protection," which is a rest

complying with state and federal law including restrictions of possession of firearms by a person convicted of a domestic violence related crime or subject to an order of protection;

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2025-05-07: SUBSTITUTED BY A3005C
Filed
2025-01-22
Sponsor
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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a gun violence prevention office (Part MM) tasked with reducing gun violence through coordination, data, education campaigns (explicitly including safe storage and child access prevention laws under Penal Law 265.45/265.46), and local programs; this and the related public-awareness mandate on storage/child access are tagged under firearms. Part I repeals a credibility-screening step and mandates waivers based on survivor attestation for public-assistance requirements, expanding access for domestic-violence (including gender-based violence) survivors. Part J requires state-ag

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History (10 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-05-07SSUBSTITUTED BY A3005C
2025-05-07SMESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
2025-05-07SORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.966
2025-05-06SPRINT NUMBER 3005C
2025-05-06SAMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
2025-03-10SPRINT NUMBER 3005B
2025-03-10SAMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
2025-02-21SPRINT NUMBER 3005A
2025-02-21SAMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
2025-01-22SREFERRED TO FINANCE