Assembly Actions -
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May 14, 2024 |
ordered to third reading cal.453 substituted for a6845 |
May 14, 2024 |
substituted by s6162 |
May 09, 2024 |
advanced to third reading cal.453 |
May 07, 2024 |
reported |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to governmental operations |
May 08, 2023 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A6845
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Ensures that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility
download bill text pdfSponsored By
LEVENBERG
Current Bill Status Via S6162 - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
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Floor Vote: Apr 16, 2024
aye (58)- Addabbo Jr.
- Ashby
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brouk
- Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Fernandez
- Gianaris
- Gonzalez
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martinez
- Martins
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Webb
- Weber
- Weik
nay (1)
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Floor Vote: Jun 6, 2023
aye (61)- Addabbo Jr.
- Ashby
- Bailey
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brouk
- Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Fernandez
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gonzalez
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martinez
- Martins
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Murray
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Walczyk
- Webb
- Weber
- Weik
nay (1)excused (1)
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Mar 12, 2024 - Codes Committee Vote
S616210Aye1Nay2Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained -
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co-Sponsors
Chris Burdick
2023-A6845 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6162
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §840, Exec L
2023-A6845 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Ensures that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility; provides methods under which an individual can meet such requirements after failing to meet an initial color vision standard.
2023-A6845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6845 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to ensuring that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows: 2-C. RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION RELATING TO COLOR VISION REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS POLICE OFFICERS SHALL BE TAILORED TO ONLY ELIMINATE INDIVIDUALS WITH EXTREME COLOR VISION DEFICIENCIES FROM SUCH ELIGIBILITY. A POLICE OFFICER OR APPLICANT WHO FAILS TO MEET AN INITIAL COLOR VISION STANDARD SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEET SUCH STANDARD UPON DEMON- STRATING THAT THEY CAN CORRECTLY DISCRIMINATE COLORS VIA A FIELD TEST APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR POLICE DISTRICT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "EXTREME COLOR VISION DEFICIENCIES" SHALL MEAN EXTREME ANOMALOUS TRICH- ROMATISM OR MONOCHROMACY COLOR VISION, AS DETERMINED THROUGH TESTING APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, WHICH MAY INCLUDE A FARNSWORTH DICHOTOMOUS D-15 TEST OR ANY OTHER TEST DESIGNED AND DOCUMENTED TO IDENTIFY EXTREME ANOM- ALOUS TRICHROMATIC, DICHROMATIC OR MONOCHROMATIC COLOR VISION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10540-01-3
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