New York S 9255: 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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S09255 Summary:

BILL NOS09255 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10250

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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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 S09255 Actions:

BILL NOS09255 

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02/18/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1799

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10250

&nbspA10250 AMEND= Pheffer Amato

&nbsp02/12/2026referred to governmental employees

&nbsp05/19/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/02/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/02/2026reported 

&nbsp06/02/2026rules report cal.359

&nbsp06/02/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.359

&nbsp06/02/2026home rule request

&nbsp06/02/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/02/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/02/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9255

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1799

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9255

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 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 each year of additional service
 17 credit, provided, however, that the total allowance payable pursuant to
 18 this subdivision shall not exceed three-quarters of such member's final
 19 average salary.
 20 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
 21 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Nassau and may be
 22 amortized over ten years.
 23 § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary none of the
 24 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 25 of section twenty-five of the retirement and social security law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01330-05-6

 S. 9255 2

 1 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would modify the service retirement benefit for members of
 the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System employed by
 Nassau County in certain fire marshal job titles. Members are currently
 awarded 50 percent of final average salary (FAS) upon completion of 25
 years of creditable servic