S9406 • 2025

Provides that certain members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay for air force assigned missions

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Sponsor: John Liu
Last action: 2026-06-03
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Provides that certain members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay for air force assigned missions

Provides that certain members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay for air force assigned missions Provides that public officers and employees of the state who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay to participate in emergency services during certain air force assigned missions.

What This Bill Does

Provides that certain members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay for air force assigned missions Provides that public officers and employees of the state who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay to participate in emergency services during certain air force assigned missions.

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Bill History

2026-06-03 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A10351
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1215
2026-03-24 Senate
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
2026-03-10 Senate
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Official Summary Text

Provides that certain members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay for air force assigned missions
Provides that public officers and employees of the state who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay to participate in emergency services during certain air force assigned missions.

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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                                          9406

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 10, 2026
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  paid  leave  for
          members of the civil air patrol during air force assigned missions

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

     1    Section 1.  Section 82-c of the civil service law, as added by chapter
     2  438 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 82-c. Civil air patrol volunteers; paid leave.  Notwithstanding  any
     4  other  provisions  of law to the contrary, public officers and employees
     5  of the state who are members of the United States  Air  Force  Auxiliary
     6  Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall
     7  be granted leave from work with pay to participate in emergency services
     8  during  a declared state of emergency upon a written request from a unit
     9  commander and the approval of the chief administrative  officer  of  the
    10  state  agency,  department  or  bureau  for  which the public officer or
    11  employee serves OR DURING AN AIR  FORCE  ASSIGNED  MISSION.  The  public
    12  officer  or  employee shall be compensated at [his or her] THEIR regular
    13  rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the public officer
    14  or employee  is  absent  from  work  while  participating  in  emergency
    15  services  missions during a declared state of emergency OR DURING AN AIR
    16  FORCE ASSIGNED MISSION.  Such leave shall be provided  without  loss  of
    17  seniority,  compensation,  sick  leave, vacation leave or other overtime
    18  compensation to which the volunteer is otherwise entitled and shall  not
    19  exceed twenty days in any calendar year.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14265-01-5