S 9217 NY
Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty
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Summary
Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.
Sponsor (1)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton Democratic · primary
Action history (2)
- Feb 17, 2026 REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S09217 Summary: BILL NO S09217   SAME AS SAME AS A10202
  SPONSOR SCARCELLA-SPANTON   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §242, Mil L   Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
9217
IN SENATE
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
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