Assembly Bill A8521

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to comparable salary and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confidential

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7655
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §137, Civ Serv L

2025-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for comparable salary and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confidential which shall not be withheld unless an employee has received a formal written performance evaluation rating of unsatisfactory or its equivalent.

2025-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8521
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to comparable  salary
   and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confi-
   dential
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 137 to read as follows:
   § 137. COMPARABLE SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, STATE EMPLOYEES DESIGNATED MANAGERIAL
 OR CONFIDENTIAL UNDER ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF  THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL  RECEIVE
 PERFORMANCE ADVANCEMENT ADJUSTMENTS EQUIVALENT TO ONE SIXTH OF THE SALA-
 RY  RANGE FOR SUCH EMPLOYEE'S SALARY GRADE ON APRIL FIRST OF EACH FISCAL
 YEAR FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF EACH YEAR OF SERVICE IN GRADE. AS A  RESULT
 OF  SUCH  ADJUSTMENT,  NO  EMPLOYEE  SALARY SHALL EXCEED THE JOB RATE OF
 THEIR SALARY GRADE. PERFORMANCE ADVANCEMENT ADJUSTMENTS DUE ANY  MANAGE-
 RIAL  OR  CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT BE WITHHELD UNLESS AN EMPLOYEE
 HAS RECEIVED A FORMAL WRITTEN PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RATING OF  UNSATIS-
 FACTORY OR ITS EQUIVALENT.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11473-01-5

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