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NY A 5490

in committee

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity in police departments

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5490 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5490 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

What is NY A 5490 about?

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity in police departments.

Who sponsors NY A 5490?

Alicia Hyndman is the primary sponsor of NY A 5490.

Description

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity in police departments.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Alicia Hyndmanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

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  • Prior session: S 5744not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3341not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1648not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1797not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6293not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 337

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5490?summary=&detail=

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