---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination"
description: "Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the town/village of East Rochester."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6609"
citation: "New York A 6609 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jen Lunsford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0d4e23-fe9a-43e2-b686-15c26ce64e13"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6609"
source_hash: "65215efb130e235a2311d58ab57b5803de136e34f4b76dbc1c9690fbc447cf66"
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 6609 (2025-2026) — Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination

Authorizes Karol Hughes, a part-time police officer, with the town/village of East Rochester police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the town/village of East Rochester.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6609&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A6609A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A6609A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jen Lunsford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 6609A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.442
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.442
- **2025-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7376A
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1312
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.523 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0d4e23-fe9a-43e2-b686-15c26ce64e13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).