New York S 8133: Relates to the retirement contributions of career public employees

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S08133 Summary:

BILL NOS08133B

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SAME ASSAME AS A10939

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRRAMOS, SANDERS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§517, 613 & 1204, R & SS L; amd §§182, 392 & 6252, Ed L

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Provides for new retirement contribution rates of certain public employees.

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BILL NOS08133B

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 8133A

04/10/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/10/2026PRINT NUMBER 8133B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8133--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, RAMOS, SANDERS, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Civil Service and Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil
 Service and Pensions 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

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law and the education
 law, in relation to the retirement contributions of career public
 employees

 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 517 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, the second
 3 undesignated paragraph as amended by section 1 of part KK of chapter 55
 4 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 5 a. Members shall contribute three percent of annual wages to the
 6 retirement system in which they have membership, provided that such
 7 contributions shall not be required for more than thirty years, for
 8 general members, or twenty-five years, for police/fire members, except
 9 that beginning April first, two thousand [thirteen] twenty-six for
 10 members who first become members of the New York state and local employ-
 11 ees' retirement system on or after April first, two thousand twelve, the
 12 rate at which each such member shall contribute in any current plan year
 13 (April first to March thirty-first) shall be determined by reference to
 14 the wages of such member in the second plan year (April first to March
 15 thirty-first) preceding such current plan year as follows:
 16 [1. members with wages of forty-five thousand dollars per annum or
 17 less shall contribute three per centum of annual wages;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01321-08-6

 S. 8133--B 2

 1 2. members with wages greater than forty-five thousand per annum, but
 2 not more than fifty-five thousand per annum shall contribute three and
 3 one-half per centum of annual wages;
 4 3. members with wages greater than fifty-five thousand per annum, but
 5 not more than seventy-five thousand per annum shall contribute four and
 6 one-half per centum of annual wages;
 7 4. members with wages greater than seventy-five thousand per annum but
 8 not more than one hundred thousand per annum shall contribute five and
 9 three-quarters per centum of annual wages; and
 10 5. members with wages greater than one hundred thousand per annum
 11 shall contribute six per centum of annual wages] 1. members with base
 12 wages of seventy-five thousand dollars per annum or less shall contrib-
 13 ute three per centum of annual wages;
 14 2. members with base wages greater than seventy-five thousand per
 15 annum, but not more than one hundred thousand per annum shall contribute
 16 four per centum of annual wages; and
 17 3. members with base wages greater than one hundred thousand per annum
 18 shall contribute five per centum of annual wages.
 19 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the first year in which a member has
 20 established membership in the New York state and local employee