Provides for permitted leaves of absence for members of civil air patrol

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8494

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    September 3, 2025
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the labor  law,  in  relation  to  permitted  leaves  of
          absence for members of civil air patrol

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 4 of section 202-l of the labor  law,
     2  as  added  by chapter 393 of the laws of 2014, paragraph (a) of subdivi-
     3  sion 2 as amended by chapter 376 of the laws of  2014,  are  amended  to
     4  read as follows:
     5    1. During the time that an emergency exists following a declaration of
     6  such  emergency  pursuant  to section twenty-four or twenty-eight of the
     7  executive law, an employee may request and shall be granted a  leave  of
     8  absence  from  [his  or  her] THEIR employer while engaged in the actual
     9  performance of [his or her] THE EMPLOYEE'S duties as,  (a)  a  volunteer
    10  firefighter,  [or]  (b)  an  enrolled  member  of  a volunteer ambulance
    11  service pursuant to article thirty of the public health law,  OR  (C)  A
    12  MEMBER  OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY CIVIL AIR PATROL OR THE
    13  UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY PILOTS unless  the  employer  deter-
    14  mines  that the employee's absence would impose an undue hardship on the
    15  conduct of the employer's business as defined by paragraph (d) of subdi-
    16  vision ten of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law.
    17    2. Subdivision one of this section shall apply only when:
    18    (a) The employer has previously received  written  documentation  from
    19  the  head of the employee's volunteer fire department or volunteer ambu-
    20  lance service OR UNIT COMMANDER, as applicable, notifying  the  employer
    21  of  the  employee's  status  as  a  volunteer firefighter or member of a
    22  volunteer ambulance service OR MEMBER OF THE  UNITED  STATES  AIR  FORCE
    23  AUXILIARY  CIVIL  AIR  PATROL OR THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
    24  PILOTS; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b) The employee's duties as a volunteer firefighter [or], member of a
     2  volunteer ambulance service, OR MEMBER OF THE UNITED  STATES  AIR  FORCE
     3  AUXILIARY  CIVIL  AIR  PATROL OR THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
     4  PILOTS are related to the declared emergency; AND
     5    (C)  IN  THE  CASE OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILLARY
     6  CIVIL AIR PATROL OR THE UNITED STATES  COAST  GUARD  AUXILLIARY  PILOTS,
     7  UPON  WRITTEN  REQUEST FROM A UNIT COMMANDER TO PARTICIPATE IN EMERGENCY
     8  SERVICES.
     9    4. Upon the employer's request, an employee who  has  been  granted  a
    10  leave  of  absence in accordance with this section shall provide [his or
    11  her] THEIR employer with a notarized statement  from  the  head  of  the
    12  volunteer  fire  department  or  volunteer  ambulance  service,  OR UNIT
    13  COMMANDER, as applicable, certifying the period of time, or times,  that
    14  said employee responded to any emergency pursuant to this section.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.