S 4389 NY
Ensures that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility
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Summary
This bill amends New York law to narrow the color vision requirements for police officer eligibility. The bill requires that color vision requirements be tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility. An applicant or officer who fails an initial color vision standard can demonstrate they meet the requirement by passing a field test approved by the council and conducted by the county, city, town, village, or police district. Extreme color vision deficiencies are defined as extreme anomalous trichromacy or monochromacy color vision, which can be identified through approved testing such as the Farnsworth Dichotomous D-15 Test. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Official abstract
Ensures that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility; provides methods under which an individual can meet such requirements after failing to meet an initial color vision standard.
Sponsor (1)
- Rachel May Democratic · primary
3 coauthors / cosponsors
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
- James Skoufis Democratic · cosponsor
- Lea Webb Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Feb 4, 2025 REFERRED TO CODES · upper
- Mar 25, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.616 · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Apr 9, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Apr 9, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Apr 9, 2025 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO CODES · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.801 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 11, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 11, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 11, 2026 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S04389 Summary: BILL NO S04389   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR MAY   COSPNSR ROLISON, SKOUFIS, WEBB   MLTSPNSR   Amd §840, Exec L   Ensures that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility; provides methods under which an individual can meet such requirements after failing to meet an initial color vision standard.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
4389
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 4, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to ensuring that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 2-c to read as follows: 3 2-c. Rules and/or regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision two 4 of this section relating to color vision requirements for individuals 5 eligible for appointment as police officers shall be tailored to only 6 eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from such 7 eligibility. A police officer or applicant who fails to meet an initial 8 color vision standard shall be deemed to meet such standard upon demon- 9 strating that they can correctly discriminate colors via a field test 10 approved by the council and conducted by the county, city, town, village 11 or police district. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term 12 "extreme color vision deficiencies" shall mean extreme anomalous trich- 13 romatism or monochromacy color vision, as determined through testing 14 approved by the council, which may include a Farnsworth Dichotomous D-15 15 Test or any other test designed and documented to identify extreme anom- 16 alous trichromatic, dichromatic or monochromatic color vision. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04791-01-5
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