---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer, to take the civil service exam for full-time police officer"
description: "Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer in the county of Albany, to take the civil service examination for full-time police officer, and to be placed on the eligible list for appointment if his score on the examination is high enough."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8758"
citation: "New York A 8758 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FAHY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/425bd8f4-8a9d-453d-9da2-d1987f1348cd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8758"
source_hash: "d9e9f7b0a7746d383f5e95faa76de04f788eb35c351a9f4af84f51363e537853"
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 8758 (2017-2018) — Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer, to take the civil service exam for full-time police officer

Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer in the county of Albany, to take the civil service examination for full-time police officer, and to be placed on the eligible list for appointment if his score on the examination is high enough.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8758 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8758&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8758 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8758)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- FAHY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** REPORTED
- **2018-05-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.918
- **2018-05-22** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-22** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6908
- **2018-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1164
- **2018-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-07-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-26** SIGNED CHAP.121 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/425bd8f4-8a9d-453d-9da2-d1987f1348cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).