New York S 5398: Relates to New York state active duty

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S05398 Summary:

BILL NOS05398A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04057

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1000, R & SS L

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Relates to New York state active duty performed under the authority of the governor of New York state.

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BILL NOS05398A

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

03/11/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

03/11/2025PRINT NUMBER 5398A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5398--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 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 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 military service credit

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1000 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2022, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 1. A member, upon application to such retirement system, may obtain a
 5 total not to exceed three years of service credit for up to three years
 6 of military duty, as defined in section two hundred forty-three of the
 7 military law, if the member (a) was honorably discharged from the mili-
 8 tary, or (b) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three
 9 hundred fifty of the executive] one of the veterans' services law, and
 10 has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 11 such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 12 [three hundred fifty of the executive] one of the veterans' services
 13 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 14 from such service. For purposes of this subdivision, military duty
 15 shall also include active duty in the military service of the state
 16 pursuant to an order of the governor issued pursuant to section six or
 17 seven of the military law, and state active duty by members of the
 18 national guard who are activated pursuant to a call of the governor of
 19 this state as provided for by law.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00849-03-5

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