New York A 7359: Relates to eligibility for participants in the automotive 25 year/age 50 pension plan with more than 30 years of credited service who remain in active service after age 62 to receive a service retirement benefit

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY S6702 (as of 2025-06-16)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 7359

Sponsors: Stacey Pheffer Amato, Angelo Santabarbara

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A07359 Summary:

BILL NOA07359 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06702

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRSantabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§603 & 604-g, R & SS L

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Relates to eligibility for participants in the automotive 25 year/age 50 pension plan with more than 30 years of credited service who remain in active service after age 62 to receive a service retirement benefit equivalent to the standard service retirement benefit received by Tier IV members with the same age and service.

Go to top A07359 Actions:

BILL NOA07359 

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03/25/2025referred to governmental employees

06/15/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/16/2025reported referred to rules

06/16/2025reported 

06/16/2025rules report cal.801

06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.801

06/16/2025substituted by s6702

&nbspS06702 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp03/20/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp04/02/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

&nbsp05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1049

&nbsp05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/12/2025HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/13/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/16/2025substituted for a7359

&nbsp06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.801

&nbsp06/16/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/16/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.151

Go to topA07359 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:31/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicExcusedGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA07359 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07359 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7359

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 eligibility for participants in the automotive 25 year/age 50 pension
 plan with more than 30 years of credited service who remain in active
 service after age 62 to receive a service retirement benefit equiv-
 alent to the standard service retirement benefit received by Tier IV
 members with the same age and service

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 603 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by section 3 of part EE of chapter 55 of the
 3 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 a. The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
 5 four of this article shall be payable to members who have met the mini-
 6 mum service requirements upon retirement and attainment of age sixty-
 7 two, other than members who are eligible for early service retirement
 8 pursuant to subdivision c of section six hundred four-b of this article,
 9 subdivision c of section six hundred four-c of this article, subdivision
 10 d of section six hundred four-d of this article, subdivision c of
 11 section six hundred four-e of this article, subdivision c of section six
 12 hundred four-f of this article, [subdivision c of section six hundred
 13 four-g of this article,] subdivision c of section six hundred four-h of
 14 this article 

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