---
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).