---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards"
description: "Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 946"
citation: "New York S 946 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5081c4e9-00ef-4830-b111-e7da00976c3e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S946"
source_hash: "9b235051d2a73b6c9a3d8f829c387ec437a35e08d3eb5820d70ccdb59600b20e"
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 946 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards

Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **S946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S946&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **120–27** (pass) · lower
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Jackson — primary (person)
- Anthony H. Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.947
- **2025-05-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-28** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3295
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.423
- **2025-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.593 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5081c4e9-00ef-4830-b111-e7da00976c3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).