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A 7697: Relates to providing minimum standards governing maternity policy for institutions employing police officers and correctional officers including uniform and/or equipment modifications, exemption from firearm qualification requirements, and ensuring there is no discrimination or poor treatment of pregnant individuals.
What A 7697 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed legislation aims to establish maternity policies for police officers and correctional officers in New York. It requires entities to adopt and revise policies to ensure against discrimination based on pregnancy or related medical conditions. The policies must provide for equal treatment with temporarily disabled officers during pregnancy, modify full-duty assignments, and offer temporary light-duty assignments when medically necessary. The bill also exempts pregnant officers from firearms qualification requirements and allows for uniform and equipment modifications as needed. The new policies will take effect 60 days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7697
- What is the current status of A 7697?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7697 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 operations".
- Did A 7697 pass?
- Not yet. A 7697 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7697, and where is it now?
- A 7697 was authored by Asm. Latrice Walker. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Apr. 08, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 8, 2025 · 286 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7697 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to maternity policies for police officers and correctional officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-f 2 to read as follows: 3 § 845-f. Maternity policy. Any entity employing a police officer of 4 the state or a municipality, or a correctional officer, shall adopt or 5 revise maternity leave policies to conform with the following require- 6 ments: 7 (a) ensure against discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, child- 8 birth, or any related medical condition; 9 (b) provide that such officers are treated in the same fashion as 10 temporarily disabled officers during pregnancy; 11 (c) provide for procedures to modify full-duty assignments and to 12 provide temporary, light-duty assignments, if and when medically indi- 13 cated, consistent with the operational requirements of the employing 14 entity, and that take into consideration any specific restrictions iden- 15 tified by a pregnant officer's physician; 16 (d) exempt such officers from firearms qualification requirements 17 during pregnancy; and 18 (e) provide for all practicable uniform and/or equipment modifica- 19 tions, as may be necessary. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06862-01-5
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