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Assembly Bill A3236A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on job vacancies across state agencies

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2023-A3236 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Civil Service
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2633

2023-A3236 - Summary

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on job vacancies across state agencies and determine which, if any, state agencies are understaffed.

2023-A3236 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3236
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the president of the state civil service
   commission to conduct a study on job vacancies across state agencies
 
   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  shall
 conduct  a  comprehensive  study  on  the number of job vacancies within
 state agencies to determine which agencies are currently understaffed.
   § 2. 1. Such study shall examine  how  many  full-time  and  part-time
 positions  are  budgeted  for in each agency, how many of those budgeted
 for positions remain vacant, and how  long  those  positions  have  been
 vacant.
   2. Such study shall include recommendations based on the data examined
 as  to  whether the state can take additional action to market or inform
 the public of state job opportunities and if so, what  specific  actions
 should be taken.
   §  3.  For  the  purposes  of this section, the president of the state
 civil service commission may conduct such study in conjunction with  any
 other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, or public
 authority of the state deemed necessary. To the maximum extent feasible,
 the  president of the state civil service commission shall be authorized
 to request, receive, and utilize such resources and data  of  any  other
 department,  division,  board,  bureau,  commission,  agency,  or public
 authority of the state as he or she may reasonably request  to  properly
 carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this act.
   §  4. The president of the state civil service commission shall report
 on the results of the study described in this act within one  year  from
 the effective date of this act.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01946-02-3

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2023-A3236A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Civil Service
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2633

2023-A3236A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on job vacancies across state agencies and determine which, if any, state agencies are understaffed.

2023-A3236A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3236--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the president of the state civil service
   commission to conduct a study on job vacancies across state agencies

   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 shall
 conduct a comprehensive study on the  number  of  job  vacancies  within
 state agencies to determine which agencies are currently understaffed.
   §  2.  1.  Such  study  shall examine how many full-time and part-time
 positions are budgeted for in each agency, how many  of  those  budgeted
 for  positions  remain  vacant,  and  how long those positions have been
 vacant.
   2. Such study shall include recommendations based on the data examined
 as to whether the state can take additional action to market  or  inform
 the  public  of state job opportunities and if so, what specific actions
 should be taken.
   § 3. For the purposes of this section,  the  president  of  the  state
 civil  service commission may conduct such study in conjunction with any
 other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, or public
 authority of the state deemed necessary. To the maximum extent feasible,
 the president of the state civil service commission shall be  authorized
 to  request,  receive,  and utilize such resources and data of any other
 department, division,  board,  bureau,  commission,  agency,  or  public
 authority  of  the state as he or she may reasonably request to properly
 carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this act.
   § 4. The president of the state civil service commission shall  report
 on  the  results of the study described in this act within one year from
 the effective date of this act.   Such report  shall  be  made  publicly
 available  online  on  the  New York state department of civil service's
 website and shall be delivered to the governor, the temporary  president
 of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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