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A 7354: Authorizes Franklynn Smith, who has been continuously employed as a part-time police officer, to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer with the village of Perry.
What A 7354 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill allows Franklynn Smith, a part-time police officer in the village of Perry, to take the competitive civil service examination for a full-time police officer position. He will be eligible to take the examination and, contingent on his score, be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer. Smith will be subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers. The act will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental employees (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7354
- What is the current status of A 7354?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7354 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 governmental employees".
- Did A 7354 pass?
- Not yet. A 7354 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7354, and where is it now?
- A 7354 was authored by Asm. Joe Sempolinski with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Employees.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental employees |
| Mar. 25, 2025 | referred to governmental employees |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2025 · 242 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7354 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to authorize Franklynn Smith to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer with the village of Perry The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil 2 service law or any other provision of law to the contrary, Franklynn 3 Smith, who has been continuously employed by the village of Perry, in 4 the county of Wyoming, as a part-time police officer, shall be eligible 5 to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of 6 police officer and shall, contingent upon his score on such examination, 7 be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full- 8 time police officer with the village of Perry. 9 § 2. Franklynn Smith shall otherwise be subject to the merit and 10 fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time 11 police officers. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10648-01-5
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