New York A 3295: Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards

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A03295 Summary:

BILL NOA03295 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00946

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRTapia, Steck, Jacobson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §58, Civ Serv L

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Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards.

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BILL NOA03295 

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01/27/2025referred to governmental employees

05/28/2025reported referred to codes

06/05/2025reported referred to rules

06/06/2025reported 

06/06/2025rules report cal.423

06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.423

06/06/2025substituted by s946

&nbspS00946 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp05/06/20251ST REPORT CAL.947

&nbsp05/07/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/08/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/28/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/28/2025referred to codes

&nbsp06/06/2025substituted for a3295

&nbsp06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.423

&nbsp06/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/10/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/01/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/05/2025SIGNED CHAP.593

Go to topA03295 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:10/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoNay

ColtonAyeReillyNay

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioNay

EichensteinAyeTannousisNay

McDonaldAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/05/2025AYE/NAY:15/6 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelExcused

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

LasherAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/06/2025AYE/NAY:26/1 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliExcusedReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithExcused

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA03295 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA03295 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3295

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to authorizing the
 removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such
 candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks
 good moral character standards

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

 1 Section 1. Section 58 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,
 4 general, special or local, should it be determined by the appointing
 5 authority that a candidate does not meet the psychological fitness
 6 requirements or lacks the good moral character standards set by the
 7 municipal police training council pursuant to the provisions of section
 8 eight hundred forty of the executive law, then the appointing authority
 9 may request that the local civil service commissioner remove such candi-
 10 date from the eligible list. Upon receiving such request, the local
 11 civil service commissioner shall comply forthwith.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02971-01-5

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