New York A 8801: Relates to age and service eligibility requirements for ordinary retirement for members of the unified court system

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A08801 Summary:

BILL NOA08801 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08207

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRSantabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§503, 603 & 604, R & SS L

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Relates to age and service eligibility requirements for ordinary retirement for members of the unified court system; restores 55/30 for all members; reduces the retirement age from 63 to 62.

Go to top A08801 Actions:

BILL NOA08801 

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06/07/2025referred to ways and means

06/10/2025reported referred to rules

06/11/2025reported 

06/11/2025rules report cal.641

06/11/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.641

06/11/2025substituted by s8207

&nbspS08207 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp05/21/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1718

&nbsp06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/09/2025referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/11/2025substituted for a8801

&nbsp06/11/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.641

&nbsp06/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/11/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.161

Go to topA08801 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/10/2025AYE/NAY:31/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoExcusedPalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAbsent

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/11/2025AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliExcusedReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08801 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08801 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8801

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 7, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- (at request of the Unified Court
 System) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 eligibility for retirement benefits for certain members of the unified
 court system

 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 503 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 a. The normal service retirement benefit specified in section five
 5 hundred four of this article shall be payable to general members, other
 6 than elective members, who have met the minimum service requirements
 7 upon retirement and attainment of age sixty-two, provided, however, a
 8 general member who is a peace officer employed by the unified court
 9 system or a member of a teachers' retirement system may retire without
 10 reduction of [his or her] such member's retirement benefit upon attain-
 11 ment of at least fifty-five years of age and completion of thirty or
 12 more years of service. For members who become members of the New York
 13 state and local employees' retirement system on or after April first,
 14 two thousand twelve, the normal service retirement benefits specified in
 15 section five hundred four of this article shall be payable to general
 16 members, other than elective members, who have met the minimum service
 17 requirements upon retirement and attainment of age sixty-three; provided
 18 that, a member who is a peace officer employed by the unified court
 19 system may retire without reduction of such member's retirement benefit
 20 upon attainment of at least fifty-five years of age and completion of