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A 457Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations

Congress · introduced 2025-01-06

Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations while traveling to and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary and appropriate location during work hours; clarifies that a security guard may possess a weapon going to and from work.

Latest action: 2026-01-07 IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · assembly REFERRED TO CODES
  2. · assembly REFERRED TO CODES

Text versions

Connected on the graph

3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 3 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.

cosponsor of bill (1)
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2025-01-06John T. McDonald IIIcosponsorsponsorship
lobbies on bill (1)
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ASSOCIATED LICENSED DETECTIVES OF NEW YORK STATE, INC.ny_lobbying
sponsor of bill (1)
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2025-01-06Phil Stecksponsorsponsorship

The full graph

Every typed relationship touching this entity — 3 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.

Lobbying

Lobbies on bill 1 edge

Legislation

Cosponsored bill 1 edge

Sponsored bill 1 edge

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Phil Steck (, state_lower NY-110)sponsor05
2John T. McDonald III (, state_lower NY-108)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by ASSOCIATED LICENSED DETECTIVES OF NEW YORK STATE, INC. · ny_lobbying
  2. 2025-01-06 · cosponsored by John T. McDonald III (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-01-06 · sponsored by Phil Steck (sponsor) · sponsorship

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