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Assembly Bill A8722A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a credit for military spouses and surviving spouses of veterans for competitive examinations

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2025-A8722 - Details

Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §85, Civ Serv L

2025-A8722 - Summary

Establishes a credit for military spouses and surviving spouses of veterans for competitive examinations whether for original appointment or promotion.

2025-A8722 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8722
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 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  providing  a
   service  credit to military spouses and to surviving spouses of veter-
   ans in competitive examinations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 85 of the civil service law is
 amended by adding two  new paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as follows:
   (E) THE TERM "MILITARY SPOUSE" SHALL MEAN THE SPOUSE OF A  VETERAN  OR
 NON-DISABLED VETERAN.
   (F)  THE  TERM "SURVIVING SPOUSE" SHALL MEAN THE SPOUSE OF A MEMBER OF
 ANY BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  WHO  SERVED  AND
 SUBSEQUENTLY DIED DUE TO A CAUSE ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR MILITARY SERVICE.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil service
 law,  as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) On all eligible lists resulting from competitive examinations, the
 names of eligibles shall be entered in the  order  of  their  respective
 final  earned ratings on examination, with the name of the eligible with
 the highest final earned rating at the  head  of  such  list,  provided,
 however, that for the purpose of determining final earned ratings,
   (1)  Disabled  veterans  shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 tional in a competitive examination for original  appointment  and  five
 points  additional  credit  in  a competitive examination for promotion,
 [and]
   (2) Non-disabled veterans shall be entitled  to  receive  five  points
 additional  credit in a competitive examination for original appointment
 and two and one-half points additional credit in a competitive  examina-
 tion for promotion[.],
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13165-03-5
 A. 8722                             2

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2025-A8722A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §85, Civ Serv L

2025-A8722A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a credit for military spouses and surviving spouses of veterans for competitive examinations whether for original appointment or promotion.

2025-A8722A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8722--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, STERN -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
   2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil  service  law, in relation to providing a
   service credit to military spouses and to surviving spouses of  veter-
   ans in competitive examinations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 85 of the  civil  service  law  is
 amended by adding two  new paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as follows:
   (E)  THE  TERM "MILITARY SPOUSE" SHALL MEAN THE SPOUSE OF A VETERAN OR
 NON-DISABLED VETERAN.
   (F) THE TERM "SURVIVING SPOUSE" SHALL MEAN THE SPOUSE OF A  MEMBER  OF
 ANY  BRANCH  OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED AND
 SUBSEQUENTLY DIED DUE TO A CAUSE ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR MILITARY SERVICE.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil service
 law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a) On all eligible lists resulting from competitive examinations, the
 names  of  eligibles  shall  be entered in the order of their respective
 final earned ratings on examination, with the name of the eligible  with
 the  highest  final  earned  rating  at the head of such list, provided,
 however, that for the purpose of determining final earned ratings,
   (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive  ten  points  addi-
 tional  in  a  competitive examination for original appointment and five
 points additional credit in a  competitive  examination  for  promotion,
 [and]
   (2)  Non-disabled  veterans  shall  be entitled to receive five points
 additional credit in a competitive examination for original  appointment
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13165-04-6

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