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NY A 4494

in committee

Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain circumstances

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NY A 4494 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4494 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

What is NY A 4494 about?

Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain circumstances.

Who sponsors NY A 4494?

Jeff Gallahan is the primary sponsor of NY A 4494, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain circumstances.

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

  • Jeff Gallahanprimary
  • Jodi Gigliocosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-20

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

    failure

  3. 2025-02-04

    REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6612not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4534not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3143not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5391not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3345not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3472

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4494?summary=&detail=

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