---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the City of Mechanicville, County of Saratoga"
description: "Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the city of Mechanicville, county of Saratoga."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 5976"
citation: "New York A 5976 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8a6e27d-b0b9-40f9-bde4-09925d56660b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5976"
source_hash: "5f7bf173af3a197d0612be4ad4b85d1af5e32c072d8ba00dee0f6c905df74e6c"
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 5976 (2017-2018) — Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the City of Mechanicville, County of Saratoga

Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the city of Mechanicville, county of Saratoga.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A5976 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5976&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A5976 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5976)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-21** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED
- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.530
- **2017-06-05** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3693
- **2017-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1328
- **2017-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-24** SIGNED CHAP.93 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8a6e27d-b0b9-40f9-bde4-09925d56660b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).