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legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-6609.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination"
+description: "Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the town/village of East Rochester."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 6609"
+citation: "New York A 6609 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jen Lunsford"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-06"
+last_action: "2025-11-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0d4e23-fe9a-43e2-b686-15c26ce64e13"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6609"
+source_hash: "65215efb130e235a2311d58ab57b5803de136e34f4b76dbc1c9690fbc447cf66"
+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 6609 (2025-2026) — Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination
+
+Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the town/village of East Rochester.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A6609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6609&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A6609A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A6609A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jen Lunsford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-06** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-08** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 6609A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.442
+- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.442
+- **2025-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
+- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7376A
+- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1312
+- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
+- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.523 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0d4e23-fe9a-43e2-b686-15c26ce64e13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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