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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-7578.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries to fingerprint applicants for employment and to obtain criminal histories of such applicants"
+description: "Authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries to fingerprint applicants for employment; authorizes such authority and subsidiaries to submit such fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services to obtain criminal histories of such applicants."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 7578"
+citation: "New York A 7578 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-05-14"
+last_action: "2021-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e764ba11-db2d-4bf7-9d04-a3996f49f5b3"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7578"
+source_hash: "90c15b0a157c2082e00732e7f32434552d26ab5b5ba9c16b9e6623d6ced1aed0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 7578 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries to fingerprint applicants for employment and to obtain criminal histories of such applicants
+
+Authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries to fingerprint applicants for employment; authorizes such authority and subsidiaries to submit such fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services to obtain criminal histories of such applicants.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7578** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7578&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A7578A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7578A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- PAULIN — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-14** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 7578A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-08** REPORTED
+- **2021-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.612
+- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.612
+- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6712A
+- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1764
+- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.261 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e764ba11-db2d-4bf7-9d04-a3996f49f5b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+