A 5887 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

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

Summary

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.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

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Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action May 28, 2026

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A5887 → A5887A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to centralize authority over state university police under the SUNY Trustees rather than individual campus presidents, creating a single Commissioner of State University Police. This change establishes a unified command structure to manage diverse campus needs and standardizes off-campus operations through written agreements with local law enforcement. The amendment also explicitly protects the collective bargaining rights and unclassified status of existing police employees.

Scope change

Authority shifted from individual campus presidents to a central SUNY Trustees Commissioner, expanding the scope of centralized oversight for all state university police.

ENFORCEMENT

Replaced the authority of individual campus presidents with a central Commissioner of State University Police appointed by the SUNY Trustees.

Changed off-campus authority rules to require written agreements between the Commissioner and local agencies, rather than agreements between campus presidents and local agencies.

REQUIREMENT

Added provisions allowing the Commissioner to appoint a single Deputy Commissioner, while prohibiting the appointment of additional deputies.

Inserted explicit language preserving the unclassified service status and collective bargaining rights of all state university police employees.

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Committee

Amendments

May 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 5887A

lower

May 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

1 primary · 22 co-sponsors