S 9476 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to service rendered by police officers in the agency police services unit

This bill expands retirement service credit eligibility for various law enforcement officers in New York State, including those in the Department of Environmental Conservation, regional state park police, university police, and the New York Waterfront Commission. It requires these officers to be automatically covered by the state police retirement provisions and grants credit for their previous police service when calculating retirement benefits. The legislation also provides additional service credit for state university police officers who meet specific training and service requirements. These changes will take effect on July 1, 2026, and apply to officers entering or re-entering service after specified dates.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2026

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Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 7, 2026

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S9476 → S9476A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add multiple sponsors and update its procedural status to include committee discharge and amendment steps. The text of the bill itself remains substantively unchanged, with the primary modifications being the addition of new legislators to the sponsor list and the reorganization of the bill's pagination and line numbering.

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The scope of the bill's policy impact remains unchanged; only the legislative sponsorship and procedural metadata were modified.

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Added five new sponsors (Senators Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Cleare, Harckham, Helming, Hinchey, Martinez, Mayer, Oberacker, Palumbo, Scarcella-Span-Ton, Serrano, Stavisky) to the original sponsor list.

Updated the bill title from 'S 9476' to 'S 9476--A' to reflect the amendment version.

Added procedural language indicating the bill was discharged from committee, amended, and recommitted.

Adjusted line numbers and pagination markers to reflect the new text structure.

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Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 9476A

upper

Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

upper

Mar 16, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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1 primary · 17 co-sponsors