New York S 8494: Provides for permitted leaves of absence for members of civil air patrol

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S08494 Summary:

BILL NOS08494C

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SAME ASSAME AS A09350-C

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, FAHY, JACKSON, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON,
 SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §202-l, Lab L

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Provides for permitted leaves of absence for members of the civil air patrol during emergencies for purposes of assisting with such emergencies.

Go to top S08494 Actions:

BILL NOS08494C

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09/03/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

02/18/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

02/18/2026PRINT NUMBER 8494A

03/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

03/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 8494B

04/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

04/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 8494C

05/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.1291

05/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9350C

&nbspA09350 AMEND=C Lupardo

&nbsp12/19/2025referred to labor

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to labor

&nbsp02/19/2026amend and recommit to labor

&nbsp02/19/2026print number 9350a

&nbsp03/12/2026amend and recommit to labor

&nbsp03/12/2026print number 9350b

&nbsp04/28/2026reported 

&nbsp04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.417

&nbsp05/04/2026amended on third reading 9350c

&nbsp05/13/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/13/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/13/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8494C

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1291

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8494--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 September 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. LIU, BORRELLO, FAHY, JACKSON, MATTERA, OBERACKER,
 PALUMBO, C. RYAN, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to permitted leaves of
 absence for members of civil air patrol

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 4 of section 202-l of the labor law,
 2 as added by chapter 393 of the laws of 2014, paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 3 sion 2 as amended by chapter 376 of the laws of 2014, are amended to
 4 read as follows:
 5 1. During the time that an emergency exists following a declaration of
 6 such emergency pursuant to section twenty-four or twenty-eight of the
 7 executive law, or during a United States Air Force or United States
 8 Coast Guard assigned mission, an employee may request and shall be
 9 granted a leave of absence from [his or her] their employer while
 10 engaged in the actual performance of [his or her] the employee's duties
 11 as, (a) a volunteer firefighter, [or] (b) an enrolled member of a volun-
 12 teer ambulance service pursuant to article thirty of the public health
 13 law, or (c) a member of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air
 14 Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots unless the
 15 employer determines that the employee's absence would impose an undue
 16 hardship on the conduct of the employer's business as defined by para-
 17 graph (d) of subdivision ten of section two hundred ninety-six of the
 18 executive law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13654-05-6

 S. 8494--C 2

 1 2. Subdivision one of this section shall apply only when:
 2 (a) The employer has previously received written documentation from
 3 the head of the employee's volunteer fire department or volunteer ambu-
 4 lance service or unit commander, as applicable, notifying the employer
 5 of the employee's status as a volunteer firefighter or member of a
 6 volunteer ambulance service or