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S9458 • 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
Michelle Hinchey
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
Passed Assembly
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

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  2. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A10704

  3. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.588

  4. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    HOME RULE REQUEST

  5. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-06-04 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  8. 2026-06-04 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1803

  9. 2026-06-04 Senate

    HOME RULE REQUEST

  10. 2026-06-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2026-06-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2026-03-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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
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                                          9458

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 13, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        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