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NY S 2716

in committee

Authorizes the justice center to create a central registry for employees

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2716 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2716 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

What is NY S 2716 about?

Authorizes the justice center to create a central registry for employees for all current and prospective agencies, sponsoring agencies or other providers of services that are certified, authorized, approved or funded through contract by the office for people with developmental disabilities to streamline criminal background checks.

Who sponsors NY S 2716?

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is the primary sponsor of NY S 2716, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Authorizes the justice center to create a central registry for employees for all current and prospective agencies, sponsoring agencies or other providers of services that are certified, authorized, approved or funded through contract by the office for people with developmental disabilities to streamline criminal background checks.

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

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantonprimary
  • William Webercosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-22

    REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

    referral-committee

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2716?summary=&detail=

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