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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams"
description: "Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams if they will meet the minimum age requirement or attain the minimum education requirement within twelve months."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8876"
citation: "New York A 8876 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae1b42d-369a-4f66-9602-783171bd9d37"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8876"
source_hash: "1840fa2590a80eaab9f5aff041b49ec027cbd5e56777bdc86df7dfdffe18ad4b"
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 8876 (2023-2024) — Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams
Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams if they will meet the minimum age requirement or attain the minimum education requirement within twelve months.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A8876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8876&term=2023&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-26** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** REPORTED
- **2024-02-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.335
- **2024-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-04** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8216A
- **2024-03-13** 3RD READING CAL.378
- **2024-03-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-03-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-04** SIGNED CHAP.303 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cae1b42d-369a-4f66-9602-783171bd9d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).