---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to updating civil service examinations"
description: "Provides that the state civil service department shall review and update the questions contained within the examination, as deemed appropriate by the department, no less than every five years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9349"
citation: "New York A 9349 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3acb82-c56a-4650-a36a-bf10e66fcb8d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9349"
source_hash: "2d6b5507e7531f3deda7a71fc1a7703e04e770bdebefb5577416e5e2cb25ce92"
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 9349 (2023-2024) — Relates to updating civil service examinations

Provides that the state civil service department shall review and update the questions contained within the examination, as deemed appropriate by the department, no less than every five years.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9349&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
- Karl Brabenec — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** REPORTED
- **2024-03-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.386
- **2024-04-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-04-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-04-02** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8551
- **2024-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.1401
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-04** SIGNED CHAP.305 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b3acb82-c56a-4650-a36a-bf10e66fcb8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).