---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a police officer for the Albany county sheriff"
description: "Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the Albany county sheriff's office; requires that Justin Finkle be otherwise subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4542"
citation: "New York S 4542 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patricia Fahy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6712e4-bbe1-4652-a959-4ea7a6190ada"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4542"
source_hash: "91fdf467e51f3e4fb9c65e605acd32ffb3e93c4d8b02207c0f8be68d509df11f"
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 S 4542 (2025-2026) — Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a police officer for the Albany county sheriff

Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the Albany county sheriff's office; requires that Justin Finkle be otherwise subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4542&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patricia Fahy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.1311
- **2025-05-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A789
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.601
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** SIGNED CHAP.339 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f6712e4-bbe1-4652-a959-4ea7a6190ada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).