New York S 8892: Requires electric corporations to prioritize restoring services to police departments, fire departments, and ambulance services, when such services are interrupted

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S08892 Summary:

BILL NOS08892 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09158-A

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §196-b, Lab L

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Allows an employee to use paid sick leave for bereavement upon the death of a family member, or upon pregnancy loss by the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner or upon a foster child leaving a foster family provided the foster child was in the care of the foster family for six months or longer.

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BILL NOS08892 

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01/13/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8892

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the use of paid sick leave
 for bereavement purposes

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

 1 Section 1. Section 196-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 4-b to read as follows:
 3 4-b. (a) On and after January first, two thousand twenty-seven and
 4 upon the oral or written request of an employee, an employer shall
 5 provide accrued sick leave for the following purposes:
 6 (i) for bereavement upon the death of a family member, or upon preg-
 7 nancy loss by the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner;
 8 or
 9 (ii) upon a foster child leaving a foster family provided the foster
 10 child was in the care of the foster family for six months or longer.
 11 (b) If the employee has used their allotted paid sick hours for that
 12 calendar year, such employee shall be allowed to take unpaid sick time
 13 in an amount not to exceed five days.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13888-02-5

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