New York S 9217: Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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S09217 Summary:

BILL NOS09217 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10202

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §242, Mil L

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Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.

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BILL NOS09217 

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02/17/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

04/28/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9217

 IN SENATE

 February 17, 2026
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 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

 AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing additional
 paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 242 of the mili-
 2 tary law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (a) Every public officer or employee shall be paid [his or her] their
 5 salary or other compensation as such public officer or employee for any
 6 and all periods of absence while engaged in the performance of ordered
 7 military duty, and while going to and returning from such duty, not
 8 exceeding a total of [thirty] sixty days or [twenty-two] fifty-two work-
 9 ing days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not exceed-
 10 ing [thirty] sixty days or [twenty-two] fifty-two working days, whichev-
 11 er is greater, in any one continuous period of such absence.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07300-01-5

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