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Assembly Bill A1396

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze

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2025-A1396 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4773
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7863, S6561
2023-2024: A382, A9003, S4132

2025-A1396 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.

2025-A1396 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1396
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EACHUS,  DINOWITZ,  KELLES, COLTON, ALVAREZ,
   STIRPE, RAMOS, REYES, BURDICK, TAYLOR,  WALKER,  JACKSON,  CUNNINGHAM,
   SIMON,  SANTABARBARA  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
   Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  civil  service  law,  in  relation  to  preventing
   outsourcing during a hiring freeze

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 66
 to read as follows:
   § 66. HIRING FREEZE. UPON THE ENACTMENT OF A HIRING FREEZE, NO AGENCY,
 DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION, BUREAU OR ANY OTHER ENTITY  UNDER  THE
 AUTHORITY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT SHALL CONTRACT, SUBCONTRACT OR
 HIRE ANY THIRD PARTY TO PERFORM SERVICES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE CARRIED
 OUT BY AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE SUBJECT TO A COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR OTHER ANALOGOUS CONTRACT AND WHO IS  SUBJECT  TO
 SUCH HIRING FREEZE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03434-01-5

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