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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8386: Authorizes federal fingerprint background checks for certain MTA and New York transit authority applicants for employment

In committee 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

S 8386 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on June 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes federal fingerprint background checks for certain MTA and New York transit authority applicants for employment. Primary sponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

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.

Authorizes federal fingerprint background checks for certain MTA bus and Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority applicants for employment.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Leroy ComriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14

“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. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  2. REFERRED TO RULES

Sources

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