New York A 8514: Provides for electronic administration of examinations of election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators

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A08514 Summary:

BILL NOA08514 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07279

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SPONSORBerger

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COSPNSRSantabarbara, Hevesi, Tapia

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1750 & 1750-a, SCPA

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Authorizes certified school psychologists to participate in the certification of certain persons as intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled; makes technical corrections to language.

Go to top A08514 Actions:

BILL NOA08514 

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05/20/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

06/04/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/05/2026reported referred to rules

06/05/2026reported 

06/05/2026rules report cal.566

06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.566

06/05/2026substituted by s7279

&nbspS07279 AMEND= SCARCELLA-SPANTON

&nbsp04/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

&nbsp05/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.993

&nbsp05/13/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/14/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/05/2025referred to judiciary

&nbsp01/07/2026died in assembly

&nbsp01/07/2026returned to senate

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

&nbsp05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.912

&nbsp05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/13/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/13/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/13/2026referred to judiciary

&nbsp06/05/2026substituted for a8514

&nbsp06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.566

&nbsp06/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2026returned to senate

Go to topA08514 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoExcused

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenExcused

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08514 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08514 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8514

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to
 authorizing certified school psychologists to participate in the
 certification of certain persons as intellectually disabled or devel-
 opmentally disabled

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 1750 of the surrogate's
 2 court procedure act, as amended by chapter 198 of the laws of 2016, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. For the purposes of this article, a person who is intellectually
 5 disabled is a person who has been certified by one licensed physician
 6 and one licensed psychologist, one licensed physician and one certified
 7 school psychologist, or by two licensed physicians at least one of whom
 8 is familiar with or has professional knowledge in the care and treatment
 9 of persons with an intellectual disability, having qualifications to
 10 make such certification, as being incapable to manage [him or herself
 11 and/or his or her] themselves and/or their affairs by reason of intel-
 12 lectual disability and that such condition is permanent in nature or
 13 likely to continue indefinitely.
 14 2. Every such certification pursuant to subdivision one of this
 15 section, made on or after the effective date of this subdivision, shall
 16 include a specific determination by such physician and psychologist,
 17 such physician and such certified