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NY S 986

in committee

Direct the department of civil service to conduct a study on competitive examinations for public employment to determine whether the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minority examinee

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 986 pass?

Not yet. NY S 986 is in committee as of 2026-03-03 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-03): PRINT NUMBER 986A

What is NY S 986 about?

Directs the department of civil service to conduct a study on competitive examinations for public employment held by the state department of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minority examinees; requires a report on such findings to be delivered to the governor and legislature.

Who sponsors NY S 986?

Samra Brouk is the primary sponsor of NY S 986.

Description

Directs the department of civil service to conduct a study on competitive examinations for public employment held by the state department of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minority examinees; requires a report on such findings to be delivered to the governor and legislature.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-03 — PRINT NUMBER 986A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Samra Broukprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-03

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-03-03

    PRINT NUMBER 986A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10118not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7634not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1306

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S986?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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