New York S 9213: Provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Orange county

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S09213 Summary:

BILL NOS09213 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10359

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRADDABBO, JACKSON, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §606-d, R & SS L

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Provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Orange county.

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BILL NOS09213 

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02/13/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1553

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10359

&nbspA10359 AMEND= Kay

&nbsp03/02/2026referred to governmental employees

&nbsp05/19/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/02/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/02/2026reported 

&nbsp06/02/2026rules report cal.362

&nbsp06/02/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.362

&nbsp06/02/2026home rule request

&nbsp06/02/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/02/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/02/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9213

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1553

&nbsp06/02/2026HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9213

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO, JACKSON, ROLISON -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing certain death benefits to correction officers, correction
 officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens,
 associate wardens or wardens employed by Orange county

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new section 606-d to read as follows:
 3 § 606-d. Death benefits for correction officers employed by Orange
 4 county. a. As used in this section, the term "correction officer" shall
 5 mean a person employed by the Orange county correction department with a
 6 title of correction officer, correction officer-sergeant, correction
 7 officer-captain, assistant warden, associate warden or warden.
 8 b. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where a
 9 correction officer would have been entitled to a service retirement
 10 benefit at the time of their death and where their death occurs on or
 11 after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand
 12 twenty-six that added this section, the beneficiary or beneficiaries may
 13 elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable which shall be equal
 14 to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member
 15 retired on the date of such member's death, or the value of the death
 16 benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever
 17 is greater.
 18 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
 19 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Orange and may be
 20 amortized over a period of ten years.
 21 § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none
 22 of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation
 23 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
 24 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00684-04-6

 S. 9213 2

 This bill would modify the in-service death benefit for retirement
 eligible members of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement
 System (NYSLERS) employed by Orange county in certain correction officer
 titles. The in-service death benefit will be the value of the pension
 reserve as if the member had retired on their date of death.
 We estimate that Orange county's annual contributions will increase
 $41,000 beginning FYE 2027.