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S9217 • 2025

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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Sponsor
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Last action
2026-04-28
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-28 Senate

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  2. 2026-02-17 Senate

    REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Official Summary Text

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty
Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.

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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                                          9217

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 17, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
          land Security and Military Affairs

        AN  ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing additional
          paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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

     1    Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 242 of the mili-
     2  tary law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a)  Every public officer or employee shall be paid [his or her] THEIR
     5  salary or other compensation as such public officer or employee for  any
     6  and  all  periods of absence while engaged in the performance of ordered
     7  military duty, and while going to and  returning  from  such  duty,  not
     8  exceeding a total of [thirty] SIXTY days or [twenty-two] FIFTY-TWO work-
     9  ing days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not exceed-
    10  ing [thirty] SIXTY days or [twenty-two] FIFTY-TWO working days, whichev-
    11  er is greater, in any one continuous period of such absence.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07300-01-5