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A 7299: Prohibits discrimination in the promotion of police officers who fail to meet their employer's traffic ticket quota.
What A 7299 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to protect employees who are denied promotions solely because they failed to meet certain ticket quotas. An employer or their authorized agent will be deemed to have penalized the employee if they deny a promotion for this reason. This amendment will take effect immediately and will survive even if the original section is repealed. The goal is to prevent discrimination against employees based on their performance.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to labor (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7299
- What is the current status of A 7299?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 7299 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to labor".
- Did A 7299 pass?
- Not yet. A 7299 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7299, and where is it now?
- A 7299 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Labor.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to labor |
| Mar. 25, 2025 | referred to labor |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2025 · 227 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7299 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to discrimination against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 215-a of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. For the purpose of this section an employer or such employer's duly 4 authorized agent who denies a promotion to an employee solely because 5 such employee has failed to meet an established quota shall be deemed to 6 have penalized such employee as to such employee's employment. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the 8 amendment to section 215-a of the labor law made by section one of this 9 act shall survive the expiration and reversion of such section as 10 provided in subdivision (p) of section 406 of chapter 166 of the laws of 11 1991, as amended. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11028-01-5
Text of A 7299 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions