New York S 5522: Provides line of duty sick leave for first responders who are diagnosed with or display symptoms of a pandemic virus

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S05522 Summary:

BILL NOS05522 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04484

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SPONSORSANDERS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §92-e, Gen Muni L

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Provides line of duty sick leave for first responders who are diagnosed with or display symptoms of a pandemic virus.

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BILL NOS05522 

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5522

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to line of duty
 sick leave for first responders due to a pandemic virus

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

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 92-e to read as follows:
 3 § 92-e. Sick leave for officers and employees due to a pandemic virus.
 4 1.(a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 5 any police officer as defined by subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20
 6 of the criminal procedure law, member of an organized fire company or
 7 fire department of a city, town, village or fire district, emergency
 8 medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician as such
 9 terms are defined by section three thousand one of the public health
 10 law, or paramedic who was exposed or came into contact with a pandemic
 11 virus and such individual tests positive for, or displays symptoms of,
 12 such pandemic virus, shall, after submitting to such individual's
 13 employer a written request for line of duty sick leave, be granted line
 14 of duty sick leave commencing on the date that such officer or employee
 15 was diagnosed with or began displaying symptoms of the pandemic virus.
 16 Such officer or employee shall be compensated at such officer's or
 17 employee's regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which
 18 such officer or employee is absent from work due to such officer's or
 19 employee's diagnosis or symptoms of a pandemic virus. Such leave shall
 20 be provided without loss of an officer's or employee's accrued sick
 21 leave.
 22 (b) An employer shall not take any adverse personnel action against an
 23 employee regarding such employee's employment because either (i) such
 24 employee utilizes, or requests to utilize, sick leave or any other

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08703-01-5

 S. 5522 2

 1 available leave due to a pandemic virus, or (ii) such employee utilizes
 2 or requests to utilize line of duty sick leave provided by this section.
 3 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the
 4 contrary, any police officer as defined by subdivision thirty-four of
 5 section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, member of an organized fire
 6 company or fire department of a city, town, village or fire district,
 7 emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician as
 8 such terms are defined by section three thousand one of the public
 9 health law, or paramedic, who do not receive benefits similar to those
 10 provided by this section pursuant to a collectively bargained agreement,
 11 section 14-122.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York,
 12 section 15-108.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, or
 13 other statutory provision and who was exposed or came into contact with
 14 a pandemic virus and such individual tests positive for or displays
 15 symptoms of such pandemic virus, shall, after submitting to such indi-
 16 vidual's employer a written request for line of duty sick leave, be
 17 granted line of duty sick leave commencing on the date that such employ-
 18 ee was diagnosed with or began displaying symptoms of the pandemic
 19 virus. Such officer or employee shall be compensated at such officer's
 20 or employee's regular rate of