---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Chang Zhu to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the Mount Hope police department"
description: "Authorizes Chang Zhu to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the Mount Hope police department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9707"
citation: "New York S 9707 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-22"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48e20f09-feea-4c91-b603-8948a54e5e2f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9707"
source_hash: "9dfe8ead643c2419ab5845a53648c8105f1e3d91ab825592e118229471a4a70a"
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 9707 (2023-2024) — Authorizes Chang Zhu to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the Mount Hope police department

Authorizes Chang Zhu to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the Mount Hope police department.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9707&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1675
- **2024-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10403
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.655
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.529 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48e20f09-feea-4c91-b603-8948a54e5e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).