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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4893: Relates to school safety measures

In committee 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 4893 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to school safety measures. Primary sponsor: Patrick Gallivan (Republican/Conservative). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 4893A.

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.

Establishes the New York state school resource officer program; provides for grants for school resource officers (Part A); relates to peace officers who are retired police officers employed by a school district as a school resource officer (Part B); allows retired police officers to be employed by a school district as a school safety officer, school security officer or any other substantially similar position for an annual salary of $50,000 or less to continue to receive their full retirement benefit (Part C).

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick GallivanPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39

“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. PRINT NUMBER 4893A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
  3. REFERRED TO EDUCATION
  4. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

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