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A10704 • 2025

Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department

Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department

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Sponsor
Sarahana Shrestha
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

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Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department

Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  2. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    REPORTED

  3. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    RULES REPORT CAL.588

  4. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.588

  5. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED BY S9458

  6. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  7. 2026-03-20 Assembly

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Official Summary Text

Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department
Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10704

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     March 20, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Employees

        AN  ACT  to  allow Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil
          service exam for the position of police officer for the town of  Wood-
          stock police department

          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, Steven Kobie
     3  Jackson, who has been continuously employed by  the  town  of  Woodstock
     4  police  department, in the county of Ulster, as a part-time police offi-
     5  cer, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil service examination
     6  for the position of police officer and shall, contingent upon his  score
     7  on  such  examination, be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for
     8  appointment as a full-time police officer  for  the  town  of  Woodstock
     9  police department.
    10    §  2. Steven Kobie Jackson shall otherwise be subject to the merit and
    11  fitness provisions of the civil  service  law  applicable  to  full-time
    12  police officers.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15229-01-6