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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 779: Relates to the rights of public employees related to suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of positions

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 779 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the rights of public employees related to suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of positions. Primary sponsor: Stacey Pheffer Amato (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 5, 2025): SIGNED CHAP.361.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that no provision of section eighty of the civil service law shall modify, replace or supersede any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for greater rights than required by such section.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stacey Pheffer AmatoPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse23
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SIGNED CHAP.361
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  4. PASSED SENATE
  5. 3RD READING CAL.286
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR S12
  7. REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
  8. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  9. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  10. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.12
  11. REPORTED
  12. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source