republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-8758.md

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Bill	Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer, to take the civil service exam for full-time police officer	Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer in the county of Albany, to take the civil service examination for full-time police officer, and to be placed on the eligible list for appointment if his score on the examination is high enough.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2017-2018	A 8758	New York A 8758 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	FAHY	2	15	2	2017-11-03	2018-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/425bd8f4-8a9d-453d-9da2-d1987f1348cd	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8758	d9e9f7b0a7746d383f5e95faa76de04f788eb35c351a9f4af84f51363e537853	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8758 (2017-2018) — Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer, to take the civil service exam for full-time police officer

Authorizes Sean Ralston, a part-time village of Altamont police officer in the county of Albany, to take the civil service examination for full-time police officer, and to be placed on the eligible list for appointment if his score on the examination is high enough.

Version chain

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

1. A8758 HTML (committee substitute) — source
2. A8758 PDF (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 137–1 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 61–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• FAHY — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-03 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES referral-committee
• 2018-05-15 REPORTED
• 2018-05-17 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.918
• 2018-05-22 HOME RULE REQUEST
• 2018-05-22 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2018-05-22 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2018-05-22 REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-07 SUBSTITUTED FOR S6908
• 2018-06-07 3RD READING CAL.1164
• 2018-06-07 HOME RULE REQUEST
• 2018-06-07 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2018-06-07 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2018-07-25 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2018-07-26 SIGNED CHAP.121 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/425bd8f4-8a9d-453d-9da2-d1987f1348cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).