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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4707: Relates to the geographic area of employment of state university police officers, centralization of the state university police, and hiring of state university police officers; repealer

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 4707 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the geographic area of employment of state university police officers, centralization of the state university police, and hiring of state university police officers; repealer. Primary sponsor: Toby Stavisky (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2026): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Expands the geographic area of employment of state university police officers; centralizes the state university police by appointing a commissioner of state university police; provides for the hiring of state university police officers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 4 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Toby StaviskyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Siela BynoeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1355
  5. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. PRINT NUMBER 4707B
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  8. PRINT NUMBER 4707A
  9. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  10. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  11. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  12. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source