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A1396 • 2025

Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze

Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze

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Sponsor
Christopher Eachus
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
Passed Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze

Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.

What This Bill Does

  • Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S4773

  2. 2026-04-21 Senate

    3RD READING CAL.467

  3. 2026-04-21 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-04-21 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-01-12 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-01-12 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-01-12 Senate

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

  8. 2026-01-07 Senate

    DIED IN SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  10. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.51

  11. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  12. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    REPORTED

  13. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    RULES REPORT CAL.123

  14. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.123

  15. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  16. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  17. 2025-04-01 Senate

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

  18. 2025-02-11 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  19. 2025-01-09 Assembly

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Official Summary Text

Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze
Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          1396

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EACHUS,  DINOWITZ,  KELLES, COLTON, ALVAREZ,
          STIRPE, RAMOS, REYES, BURDICK, TAYLOR,  WALKER,  JACKSON,  CUNNINGHAM,
          SIMON,  SANTABARBARA  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
          Governmental Employees

        AN ACT to amend  the  civil  service  law,  in  relation  to  preventing
          outsourcing during a hiring freeze

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 66
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 66. HIRING FREEZE. UPON THE ENACTMENT OF A HIRING FREEZE, NO AGENCY,
     4  DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION, BUREAU OR ANY OTHER ENTITY  UNDER  THE
     5  AUTHORITY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT SHALL CONTRACT, SUBCONTRACT OR
     6  HIRE ANY THIRD PARTY TO PERFORM SERVICES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE CARRIED
     7  OUT BY AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE SUBJECT TO A COLLECTIVE
     8  BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR OTHER ANALOGOUS CONTRACT AND WHO IS  SUBJECT  TO
     9  SUCH HIRING FREEZE.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03434-01-5