New York A 5868: Grants certain county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service beyond twenty-five years

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A05868 Summary:

BILL NOA05868 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04599

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRLavine, Griffin, Stern, Rozic

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §604, R & SS L

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Grants Nassau county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twenty-five years.

Go to top A05868 Actions:

BILL NOA05868 

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02/24/2025referred to governmental employees

06/16/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/17/2025reported referred to rules

06/17/2025reported 

06/17/2025rules report cal.864

06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.864

06/17/2025substituted by s4599

&nbspS04599 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp02/10/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp04/02/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1810

&nbsp06/11/2025HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/11/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/17/2025substituted for a5868

&nbsp06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.864

&nbsp06/17/2025home rule request

&nbsp06/17/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/17/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.143

Go to topA05868 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/17/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAbsent

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/17/2025AYE/NAY:30/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA05868 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05868 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5868

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 24, 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
 granting certain county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire
 marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or
 chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twen-
 ty-five years

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision t of section 604 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by section 7 of part II of chapter 55 of the
 3 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 t. The early service retirement benefit for a member who is employed
 5 in the county of Nassau as a county fire marshal, supervising fire
 6 marshal, fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, assistant chief fire
 7 marshal, chief fire marshal or division supervising fire marshal as
 8 defined in section eighty-nine-w of this chapter shall be a pension
 9 equal to one-fiftieth of final average salary times years of credited
 10 service at the completion of twenty-five years of service as such county
 11 fire marshal, supervising fire marshal, fire marshal, assistant fire
 12 marshal, assistant chief fire marshal, chief fire marshal or division
 13 supervising fire marshal, but not exceeding one-half of [his or her]
 14 such member's final average salary, for service beyond twenty-five years
 15 and for non-fire marshal county service the benefit is increased by
 16 one-sixtieth of final average salary for e