NY State Senate Bill S3070

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 15, 2021	approval memo.43 signed chap.624
Nov 03, 2021	delivered to governor
May 19, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.346 substituted for a2004
Apr 20, 2021	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 10, 2021	advanced to third reading
Mar 09, 2021	2nd report cal.
Mar 08, 2021	1st report cal.508
Jan 27, 2021	referred to civil service and pensions

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Apr 20, 2021 - floor Vote

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Mar 8, 2021 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

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S3070 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2004
Law Section:: Civil Service
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A8041
2017-2018: S8679, A4101
2019-2020: S1766, A6810

S3070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to identify, and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruitment and hiring in the public sector.

S3070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S3070

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to direct the president of the state civil service commission to
conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to
identify and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies
used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruit-
ment and hiring in the public sector

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a
study on the current civil service examination process.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The President of the state Civil Service Commission shall
conduct a study on the current civil service examination process to
identify existing resources and provide recommendations on how to

improve current methodologies used regarding the examination process to
ensure diversity in the recruitment and hiring in the public sector.

Section 2. On or before 270 days after effective date of this act, the
President of the State Civil Service Commission shall complete the study
conducted pursuant to section one of this act. The results should be
reported with recommendations to the Governor, the temporary President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly.

Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION:

N/A

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation intends to improve employment opportunities for quali-
fied minorities in the New York State civil service system. This system
oversees the employment of over 630,000 government (public) sector
employees. Based on the appalling hiring of minorities documented below,
it is necessary to examine other paths to employment that can help
diversify the state and municipal government workforce's so that they
better reflect the great diversity of our State. Having the Department
of Civil Service examine and report on how a portfolio application
system would help improve diversity is a good start and this legislation
aims to initiate that process.  A 2005 report by the New York State
Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, a subsequent public hearing
and other meetings with minority workers has yielded valuable suggestion
that need legislative action to remedy what the 2005 report called, an
appalling under-representation of minorities in civil service and policy
making positions in the Pataki Administration. This is one of 7
proposals put forward by task force to address the problems.  *In 2005,
Hispanics made up over 16% of the entire state population but accounted
for only 3.8 percent or 6.515 of the 169.571 jobs in the state govern-
ment workforce. In real terms, this is a decline in close to 1,000 jobs
since 1991 or a 12.2% reduction in the number of Hispanic state workers.

This reduction came during a period when the Hispanic population in New
York grew by 33%.

In 2015 Hispanics make up almost 19% of the entire state population but
account for 400 less jobs than they had in State government or 6,142
jobs out of 131,800.

* Since 1991, the African-American civil service workforce has seen a
dramatic decline. The more than 11,000 jobs lost by this group represent
an almost 30% decline in the African-American state workforce. This
reduction came during a period when the African-American population in
New York grew by 16.1%.

* For African-Americans, the loss of the 11,000 jobs at the average
state salary of $53,000 translates into a loss of over $550 million
dollars in annual salaries. For Hispanics their under-representation
translates into a loss of over $860 million in annual salaries never
realized by this community.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8679 of 2018, referred to Civil Service and Pensions S.1766 of 2019-2,
referred to Civil Service and Pensions

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S3070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3070
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
   Pensions
 
 AN  ACT to direct the president of the state civil service commission to
   conduct a study on the current civil service  examination  process  to
   identify  and provide recommendations to improve current methodologies
   used regarding the examination process to ensure diversity in recruit-
   ment and hiring in the public sector
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    The  president of the state civil service commission is
 hereby directed to conduct a study on the current civil service examina-
 tion process to identify existing resources and provide  recommendations
 on  how  to improve current methodologies used regarding the examination
 process to ensure diversity in the recruitment and hiring in the  public
 sector.    Such study shall review the various needs of applicants based
 on age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  native  language,  sexual
 orientation,  gender  identity or expression, sex, disability or marital
 status. The study must also review available resources  to  ensure  that
 each of the needs of the above applicants are sufficiently met to ensure
 that  there  are  no  undue  barriers that could limit opportunities and
 prevent a diverse public sector workforce. Such resources shall include,
 but not be limited  to,  transportation,  accessibility  to  examination
 location  and  times of examinations, technology, preparation courses on
 general  exams,  translators,  tests  available  in  applicant's  native
 language,  preparation  materials  or  other study materials provided to
 applicants before examinations are scheduled, mentors  or  a  mentorship
 program,  or  any  other  testing  accommodations deemed necessary for a
 documented disability. If resources are not  available,  the  commission
 shall make recommendations regarding how such resources can be provided.
 Such  commission  shall  also  make  other recommendations regarding the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00065-01-1

 S. 3070                             2
 
 examination process to ensure diversity in recruitment and hiring in the
 public sector.
   § 2. On or before two hundred seventy days after the effective date of
 this  act,  the  president  of  the state civil service commission shall
 complete the study pursuant to section one of this act and shall  there-
 after deliver a copy of the findings and any legislative recommendations
 he or she deems to be necessary to the governor, the temporary president
 of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Apr 20, 2021 - floor Vote

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Mar 8, 2021 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

Civil Service and Pensions Committee Vote: Mar 8, 2021

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Luis R. Sepúlveda

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Apr 20, 2021 - floor Vote

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Mar 8, 2021 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

Civil Service and Pensions Committee Vote: Mar 8, 2021

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Alessandra Biaggi

Michelle Hinchey

S3070 (ACTIVE) - Details

S3070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S3070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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