New York Assembly Bill 1277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

This bill would require a volunteer fire chief to conduct a criminal record search on any individual seeking to become a member of a volunteer fire department or volunteer emergency medical services department to determine whether there has been a conviction for a sex offense or an attempted sex offense. Should such a conviction be found, membership would be barred. Should such a conviction be found for a current volunteer, that membership will immediately be terminated. The also allows for such background checks for current volunteers and requires the termination of such personnel upon the finding of such conviction.

An act to amend the executive law, the village law and the general municipal law, in relation to criminal background checks for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel

Asm. Sandra Galef [D]	Sen. George Latimer [D]	Asm. Robert Reilly [D]	Asm. Michelle Schimel [D]
Asm. Mark Schroeder [D]	Asm. David Townsend [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		referred to governmental operations
2009-01-07		referred to governmental operations

S3658 (Same As) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A01277&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A01277&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A01277