New York A 1750: Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills

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A01750 Summary:

BILL NOA01750 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00898

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRColton, Cruz, Fall, Lavine, Dilan, Bendett

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §130, Civ Serv L

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Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills; establishes career ladders for persons holding such positions; establishes supervisory positions for persons required to have foreign language skills.

Go to top A01750 Actions:

BILL NOA01750 

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01/14/2025referred to governmental employees

03/25/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA01750 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:03/25/2025AYE/NAY:9/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Correction Date:03/26/2025Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoNay

ColtonAyeReillyNay

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioNay

EichensteinAyeTannousisAbsent

FallAbsent

BurkeAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA01750 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA01750 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1750

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, COLTON, CRUZ, FALL, LAVINE -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the compensation
 paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language
 skills and directing the department of civil service to conduct a
 study on certain job titles that require proficiency in a language
 other than English

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

 1 Section 1. Section 130 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
 3 15. Whenever the director finds that under prevailing wage practices
 4 in private or other public employment in the state, employees in a given
 5 occupation who are required to be proficient in a language other than
 6 English receive a higher rate of pay than employees in the same occupa-
 7 tion who are not required to be proficient in a language other than
 8 English, the director may, subject to the approval of the director of
 9 the budget, establish a pay differential for titles that require profi-
 10 ciency in a language other than English. Such differential shall be in
 11 addition to an employee's basic salary and shall not affect, impair or
 12 impede any performance advance payments, performance awards, longevity
 13 payments or other rights or benefits to which an employee may be enti-
 14 tled under the provisions of this chapter, provided, however, that any
 15 differential payable pursuant to this subdivision shall be included as
 16 compensation for retirement purposes. A pay differential shall be termi-
 17 nated for any employee when the employee ceases to be employed in the
 18 position for which such pay differential was authorized. A pay differen-
 19 tial shall remain in effect until terminated by the director of the
 20 classification and compensation division with the consent of the direc-
 21 tor of the budget or until a new pay differential is authorized pursuant
 22 to this subdivision. The director shall be authorized to determine how

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01155-01-5

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 1 such differential shall be paid, subject to the approval of the director
 2 of the budget. The director of the budget may adopt such regulations as
 3 such director may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this
 4 subdivision.
 5 § 2. The department of civil service is hereby directed to conduct a
 6 study and publish a report on titles in the state service that require
 7 proficiency in a language other than English. The study and report shall
 8 include, but not be limited to:
 9 1. the number of employees in titles that require proficiency in a
 10 language other than English and the appointment type held by such
 11 employees;
 12 2. the jurisdictional classification of such titles;
 13 3. the salary grades and allocations of such titles;
 14 4. a determ