Assembly BillIntroduced
A 8609: Authorizes Heath A. Wadhams, a part-time police officer, with the village of Warsaw police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the village of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne.
What A 8609 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill allows a part-time police officer, Heath A. Wadhams, to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer. The bill waives the age requirements and other provisions of the civil service law to allow Wadhams to take the examination. The bill also subjects Wadhams to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s8194 (2025-06-16)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8609
- What is the current status of A 8609?
- As of September 28, 2025, A 8609 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 16, 2025, was "substituted by s8194".
- Did A 8609 pass?
- Not yet. A 8609 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8609, and where is it now?
- A 8609 was authored by Asm. Brian Manktelow.
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| Jun. 16, 2025 | substituted by s8194 |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.840 |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | rules report cal.840 |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | reported |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 22, 2025 · 271 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8609 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT in relation to authorizing Heath A. Wadhams to take the compet- itive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Palmyra 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, including the age requirements under paragraph (a) of 3 subdivision 1 of such section, or any other provision of law to the 4 contrary, Heath A. Wadhams, who has been continuously employed by the 5 village of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne, as a part-time police offi- 6 cer, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil service examination 7 for the position of police officer and shall, contingent upon his score 8 on such examination, be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for 9 appointment as a full-time police officer with the village of Palmyra 10 police department. 11 § 2. Heath A. Wadhams shall otherwise be subject to the merit and 12 fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time 13 police officers. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13164-01-5
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