Alex Bores’ Bills
A5912 · 2025–2026

Requires exit surveys for employees resigning from state civil service

Passed both houses
Workers' rightsGood government

Requires state agencies to conduct exit surveys of employees resigning from civil service, directs the Civil Service Commission to publish an annual report on them, and exempts individual responses from public-records (FOIL) disclosure. (Auto-generated summary)

On the Assembly floor this bill was replaced by its identical Senate companion S6990, which passed both houses. (Not signed into law as of June 7, 2026.)

Official record

Official summary · NYS Open LegislationRequires each agency to conduct exit surveys for employees resigning from state civil service; directs the state civil service commission to create an annual report on such surveys; exempts individual responses to exit surveys from the freedom of information law.

What it does: AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring exit surveys for resigning employees

Legislative history

  1. 2025-02-24Assembly: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
  2. 2025-04-30Assembly: REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  3. 2025-06-06Assembly: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  4. 2025-06-09Assembly: REPORTED
  5. 2025-06-09Assembly: RULES REPORT CAL.502
  6. 2025-06-09Assembly: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.502
  7. 2025-06-09Assembly: PASSED ASSEMBLY
  8. 2025-06-09Assembly: DELIVERED TO SENATE
  9. 2025-06-09Senate: REFERRED TO RULES
  10. 2026-01-07Senate: DIED IN SENATE
  11. 2026-01-07Senate: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. 2026-01-07Assembly: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.149
  13. 2026-01-20Assembly: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5912A
  14. 2026-02-24Assembly: SUBSTITUTED BY S6990A