---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Richard Insogna, Sr. to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the village of Fort Plain"
description: "Authorizes Richard Insogna, Sr. to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the village of Fort Plain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 973"
citation: "New York S 973 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMEDORE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de6a729a-22aa-427a-a39e-ea1a5dde4753"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S973"
source_hash: "35b6cbf9ec9e7d874f7a554dab53c7ced529c69f50927b5d25bbf6d4e401b33a"
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 973 (2017-2018) — Authorizes Richard Insogna, Sr. to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the village of Fort Plain

Authorizes Richard Insogna, Sr. to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the village of Fort Plain.

## Version chain

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

1. **S973 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S973&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S973 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S973)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AMEDORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.6
- **2017-02-28** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-02-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-02-28** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A365
- **2017-03-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.149
- **2017-03-27** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-03-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-12** SIGNED CHAP.25 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de6a729a-22aa-427a-a39e-ea1a5dde4753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).