Assembly Bill A8822

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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Current Bill Status Via S3318 - Passed Assembly

  • 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-A8822 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3318
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §242, Mil L

2025-A8822 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes additional paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty up to sixty days or fifty-two working days.

2025-A8822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8822
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. KAY, NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing  additional
   paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 242 of the  mili-
 tary  law,  as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) Every public officer or employee shall be paid [his or her]  THEIR
 salary  or other compensation as such public officer or employee for any
 and all periods of absence while engaged in the performance  of  ordered
 military  duty,  and  while  going  to and returning from such duty, not
 exceeding a total of [thirty] SIXTY days or [twenty-two] FIFTY-TWO work-
 ing days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not exceed-
 ing [thirty] SIXTY days or [twenty-two] FIFTY-TWO working days, whichev-
 er is greater, in any one continuous period of such absence.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07300-01-5

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