New York Senate Bill 5408 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 18 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Pending: Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Directs persons licensed for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages to have a criminal background history check performed on prospective bouncers; defines the term "bouncer"; provides for the establishment and certification of bouncer training programs by the state liquor authority; requires certain bouncers to be so certified and provides incentives to the employers of persons not required to be so certified but do receive such certification; excludes bouncers from the definition of security guards for purposes of the licensing of such guards pursuant to the general business law.

Directs persons licensed for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages to have a criminal background history check performed on prospective bouncers; defines the term "bouncer"; provides for the establishment and certification of bouncer training programs by the state liquor authority; requires certain bouncers to be so certified and provides incentives to the employers of persons not required to be so certified but do receive such certification; excludes bouncers from the definition of security guards for purposes of the licensing of such guards pursuant to the general business law.

Sen. Thomas Libous [R]

Sen. Jeffrey Klein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-04	Senate	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
2011-06-24	Senate	RECOMMITTED TO RULES
2011-06-21	Senate	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1474
2011-06-21	Senate	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2011-06-14	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 5408A
2011-06-14	Senate	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
2011-05-18	Senate	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

A07953 (Same As) 2012-01-04 - referred to economic development

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05408&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05408&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S05408
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05408&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S05408A