---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Heath A. Wadhams, a part-time police officer, with the village of Palmyra police department to take the civil service examination"
description: "Authorizes Heath A. Wadhams, a part-time police officer, with the village of Warsaw police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the village of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8194"
citation: "New York S 8194 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela Helming"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-20"
last_action: "2025-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abd4f87a-6d7e-4255-9d05-432386860336"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8194"
source_hash: "c9c3059eed42ca02fa4c46babf71007f89650b60528b6143f3af58f972cd77fd"
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 8194 (2025-2026) — Authorizes Heath A. Wadhams, a part-time police officer, with the village of Palmyra police department to take the civil service examination

Authorizes Heath A. Wadhams, a part-time police officer, with the village of Warsaw police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the village of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8194&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela Helming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-20** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1856
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8609
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.840
- **2025-06-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-05** SIGNED CHAP.367 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abd4f87a-6d7e-4255-9d05-432386860336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).