S 7986 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes members or officers of the state police who were previously firefighters receive credit for such previous firefighter service

Summary

Authorizes members or officers of the state police who were previously firefighters receive credit for such previous firefighter service for the purposes of retirement.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced May 15, 2025 Last action Apr 21, 2026

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S7986 → S7986A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill expands retirement benefits to allow New York State Troopers who previously worked as firefighters to count that service time toward their pension. The update includes a new list of sponsoring senators and adjusts the fiscal estimates to reflect a higher total cost and a later payment date based on 2025 data.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded by adding five new sponsoring senators (Ashby, Fahy, Fernandez, Gallivan, Jackson, Martinez, Palumbo, Rolison) to the original list.

ELIGIBILITY

The fiscal note clarifies that New York State Troopers currently do not receive credit for firefighter service, and this bill fixes that gap.

FISCAL

The estimated one-time cost to the state increased from $2 million to $2.32 million, with the payment date pushed from March 2026 to March 2027.

The bill now projects a marginal increase in the state's annual pension contributions starting in fiscal year 2027, whereas the previous version stated there would be no future annual increase.

TIMELINE

The fiscal analysis was updated to use 2025 membership data and project costs for the 2026 Legislative Session instead of the 2025 session.

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Amendments

Apr 21, 2026

Committee

RECOMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

Jan 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 7986A

upper

Jan 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

upper

May 27, 2025

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

May 15, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

upper

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors