Requires private investigators to notify the state police when they are employed by a foreign government or foreign national; requires the state police to maintain a registry of all private investigators who have been employed by a foreign government or foreign national.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, BURDICK, GLICK, MANKTELOW, K. BROWN,
DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Develop-
ment
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
private investigators to notify the state police when they are
employed by a foreign government or foreign national and requiring the
state police to maintain a registry of all private investigators who
have been employed by a foreign government or foreign national
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 70 of the general business law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. Upon the issuance of a private investigator license or the
4 renewal of a private investigator license pursuant to this article, the
5 department of state shall notify the licensee that such licensee is
6 required to inform the state police when they are employed by a foreign
7 government or foreign national. Such notification shall be in addition
8 to any requirement under federal law regarding an individual operating
9 at the direction of a foreign government.
10 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 88-a
11 to read as follows:
12 § 88-a. Private investigator registry. The superintendent of the state
13 police shall maintain a registry of private investigators licensed in
14 the state pursuant to this article who have been employed by foreign
15 nationals and foreign governments. Such registry shall only be open to
16 the attorney general and members of the state police. Such registry
17 shall include:
18 1. the name of the private investigator;
19 2. the business name associated with the private investigator;
20 3. the address at which such business is registered;
21 4. the name and business name of the client; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 5. the address of the client.
2 § 3. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
3 a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of
4 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
5 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
6 such effective date.
