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NY State Legislature · A779-2025 · Signed by Governor

Relates to the rights of public employees related to suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of positions

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Officially: “Relates to the rights of public employees related to suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of positions Read the full text

Assembly

What it does

Provides that no provision of section eighty of the civil service law shall modify, replace or supersede any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for greater rights than required by such section.
Summary from the sponsor's memo in the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.

Where it is

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES · Jan 8, 2025

Assembly

REPORTED · Feb 11, 2025

Assembly

ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.12 · Feb 13, 2025

Assembly

PASSED ASSEMBLY · Feb 25, 2025

Assembly

DELIVERED TO SENATE · Feb 25, 2025

Assembly

REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS · Feb 25, 2025

Senate

SUBSTITUTED FOR S12 · Jun 11, 2025

Senate

3RD READING CAL.286 · Jun 11, 2025

Senate

PASSED SENATE · Jun 11, 2025

Senate

RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · Jun 11, 2025

Senate

DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR · Sep 5, 2025

Assembly

SIGNED CHAP.361 · Sep 5, 2025

Assembly

The numbers

6
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Stacey Pheffer AmatoAngelo SantabarbaraPaula KayWilliam ColtonJudy GriffinNader Sayegh

Recorded votes

Recorded voteSenate · 2025-06-11 · EXC 4, AYE 59
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the New York legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.

Who is lobbying on this

NEW YORK STATE AFL-CIOvia NEW YORK STATE AFL-CIO
9 filings
EQUIFAX INC.via HINMAN STRAUB ADVISORS, LLC
7 filings
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (NY)via LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (NY)
7 filings
Civil Service Employees Political Action Fundvia Civil Service Employees Political Action Fund
5 filings
CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.via CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.
3 filings
From 31 filings in New York State lobbying disclosures (COELIG), via data.ny.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Nothing on this page shows why any vote was cast. Recorded votes and lobbying filings are separate official records, self-reported by different parties, and neither explains the other.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Signed by Governor (Sep 5, 2025).