---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the rights of public employees related to suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of positions"
description: "Provides that no provision of section eighty of the civil service law shall modify, replace or supersede any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for greater rights than required by such section."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 779"
citation: "New York A 779 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d30f2ed-71cb-4be4-9c8c-fbe666a215a0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A779"
source_hash: "63a81dbd7c2989a8916a2bdc3dbcbb72cb5a390410524f10ce0bf9a2d9ae3284"
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 779 (2025-2026) — Relates to the rights of public employees related to suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of positions

Provides that no provision of section eighty of the civil service law shall modify, replace or supersede any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for greater rights than required by such section.

## Version chain

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

1. **A779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A779&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** REPORTED
- **2025-02-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.12
- **2025-02-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-25** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S12
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.286
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-05** SIGNED CHAP.361 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d30f2ed-71cb-4be4-9c8c-fbe666a215a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).