A 6516 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires employers to provide paid leave of absence to veterans on Veterans' day

Summary

Requires employers to offer paid leave of absence to veterans on Veterans' day, except for emergency or critical employees, who shall be offered another day of paid leave.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action May 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

A6516 → A6516A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to expand eligibility for paid Veterans' Day leave by explicitly including veterans with qualifying conditions and discharged LGBT veterans. The text was also restructured to define key terms like 'employer' and 'veteran' more clearly, while maintaining the requirement that employers provide 24 hours of paid leave on November 11th.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to cover a broader range of veteran employees, specifically adding those with qualifying conditions and those discharged as LGBT veterans to the group entitled to paid leave.

ELIGIBILITY

Added specific eligibility criteria for veterans with a 'qualifying condition' and 'discharged LGBT veterans' to receive paid leave.

DEFINITION

Introduced new definitions for 'Employer', 'Veteran', 'Qualifying condition', and 'Discharged LGBT veteran' to clarify who is covered by the law.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the language from requiring employers to 'offer' leave to requiring them to 'give' leave, strengthening the mandate.

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Committee

Amendments

May 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6516A

lower

May 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors