New York A 1306: Provides for confidentiality of addresses and telephone numbers of victims and witnesses

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A01306 Summary:

BILL NOA01306A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00986-A

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SPONSORMeeks

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COSPNSRLunsford, Bronson, Reyes, Zinerman, Cook, Ramos, Gibbs, Raga, Lucas, Septimo, Taylor, Alvarez,
 Epstein, Davila, Bichotte Hermelyn, Smullen, Hyndman, Griffin, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Directs the department of civil service to conduct a study on competitive examinations for public employment held by the state department of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minority examinees; requires a report on such findings to be delivered to the governor and legislature.

Go to top A01306 Actions:

BILL NOA01306A

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01/09/2025referred to governmental employees

04/15/2025amend and recommit to governmental employees

04/15/2025print number 1306a

05/19/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA01306 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:13/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

FallAbsent

OtisAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA01306 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01306 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1306--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS, LUNSFORD, BRONSON, REYES, ZINERMAN, COOK,
 RAMOS, GIBBS, RAGA, LUCAS, SEPTIMO, TAYLOR, ALVAREZ, EPSTEIN, DAVILA,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, O'PHARROW, SMULLEN, HYNDMAN -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to direct the department of civil service to conduct a study on
 competitive examinations for public employment to determine whether
 the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on
 minority examinees; and providing for the repeal of such provision
 upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. For the purposes of this act the following terms shall have
 2 the following meanings:
 3 (a) "agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission, divi-
 4 sion, office, council, committee, public benefit corporation or public
 5 authority at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.
 6 (b) "competitive examination" means competitive examinations for
 7 public employment held by the state department of civil service and by
 8 municipal commissions, as such term is defined by section two of the
 9 civil service law.
 10 (c) "minority" shall have the same meaning as "minority group member",
 11 as defined in subdivision four of section two hundred ten of the econom-
 12 ic development law.
 13 § 2. (a) The department of civil service shall conduct a study on
 14 competitive examinations for public employment held by the state depart-
 15 ment of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether
 16 the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minor-
 17 ity examinees.
 18 (b) Such study shall include, but not be limited to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02190-02-5

 A. 1306--A 2

 1 (i) the total number of minority and non-minority competitive examina-
 2 tion examinees;
 3 (ii) a comparison of competitive examination results for minority
 4 examinees compared to non-minority examinees;
 5 (iii) an agency by agency, and municipality by municipality, breakdown
 6 containing the percentage of minority employees hired each year compared
 7 to non-minorities;
 8 (iv) an investigation on the questions and other contents of compet-
 9 itive examinations to determine whether any such questions or other
 10 contents have or could have a discriminatory effect on minority exami-
 11 nees compared to non-minority examinees, and if so, the nature of such
 12 discriminatory effect;
 13 (v) an investigation of ancillary facto