Senate Bill S10387A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

In relation to authorizing certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court officer or correction officer

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 27, 2026	print number 10387a
May 27, 2026	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
May 15, 2026	referred to civil service and pensions

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2025-S10387 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §384-e, R & SS L

2025-S10387 - Summary

Authorizes certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan of the police and fire retirement system to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court officer title series employed by the Unified Court System or a correction officer employed by a county, a municipality or the state.

2025-S10387 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10387

SPONSOR: BYNOE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
authorizing certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan
to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court officer
title series employed by the Unified Court System of the State of New
York, or any correction officer employed by a county, municipality, or
the state

 
PURPOSE:

This bill authorizes certain persons in an optional twenty year retire-
ment plan to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court
officer title series employed by the Unified Court System of the State
of New York, or any correction officer employed by a county, munici-
pality, or the state. The measure is intended to promote retirement
equity, strengthen workforce retention, and recognize the demanding
public safety functions performed by these employees.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends Section 384-e of the retirement and social
security law by adding two new subdivisions d and e. This reads as
follows:  "d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contra-
ry, upon completion of twenty years of service, and upon retirement,
each such member who was previously credited with service credit in the
New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York
state and local police and fire retirement system as a uniformed court
officer title series employed by the unified court system of the state
of New York who is a participant in a public retirement system of the
state may receive for each such year of previous service, up to a total
of no greater than five years of previous service, additional pension
equal to one-sixtieth of such member's final average salary. To obtain
such credit a member shall pay such retirement system, for deposit in
the fund used to accumulate employer contributions, a sum equal to the
product of the number of years of service being claimed and three
percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve months of
credited service immediately preceding the date that the member made
application for credit pursuant to this section.

e. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon
completion of twenty years of service, and upon retirement, each such
member who was previously credited with service credit in the New York
state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and
local police and fire retirement system as a correction officer employed
by a county, municipality, or the state who is a participant in a public
retirement system of the state may receive for each such year of previ-
ous service, up to a total of no greater than five years of previous
service, additional pension equal to one-sixtieth of such member's final
average salary. To obtain such credit a member shall pay such retirement
system, for deposit in the fund used to accumulate employer contrib-
utions, a sum equal to the product of the number of years of service
being claimed and three percent of such member's compensation earned
during the twelve months of credited service immediately preceding the
date that the member made application for credit pursuant to this
section."
Section 2 of this bill establishes the effective date. This reads as
follows: "This act shall take effect immediately."

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Uniformed court officers and correction officers perform critical public
safety roles that frequently involve physical risk, exposure to
violence, and longterm occupational stress. Many of these employees
enter service as a sworn police officer and firefighter after prior
public employment that is not credited toward their current retirement
system.

Other public safety titles within the state retirement framework have
been granted opportunities to purchase prior service credit as a
recruitment and retention tool. Extending a similar opportunity to
former court and correction officers promotes fairness across uniformed
services while strengthening workforce stability in correctional facili-
ties and courts.

This bill authorizes certain persons in an optional twenty year retire-
ment plan to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court
officer title series employed by the Unified Court System of the State
of New York, or any correction officer employed by a county, munici-
pality, or the state. The measure is intended to promote retirement
equity, strengthen workforce retention, and recognize the demanding
public safety functions performed by these employees.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See Fiscal Note

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S10387 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10387
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BYNOE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   authorizing certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan
   to  receive  credit  for previous service as a uniformed court officer
   title series employed by the Unified Court System of the State of  New
   York, or any correction officer employed by a county, municipality, or
   the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 384-e of the retirement and social security law  is
 amended by adding two new subdivisions d and e to read as follows:
   D.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON
 COMPLETION OF TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE, AND UPON  RETIREMENT,  EACH  SUCH
 MEMBER  WHO  WAS PREVIOUSLY CREDITED WITH SERVICE CREDIT IN THE NEW YORK
 STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK  STATE  AND
 LOCAL  POLICE  AND  FIRE  RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS A UNIFORMED COURT OFFICER
 TITLE SERIES EMPLOYED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OF THE  STATE  OF  NEW
 YORK WHO IS A PARTICIPANT IN A PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE MAY
 RECEIVE  FOR  EACH  SUCH  YEAR  OF PREVIOUS SERVICE, UP TO A TOTAL OF NO
 GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS OF PREVIOUS SERVICE, ADDITIONAL PENSION EQUAL TO
 ONE-SIXTIETH OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY. TO OBTAIN SUCH CRED-
 IT A MEMBER SHALL PAY SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM, FOR DEPOSIT  IN  THE  FUND
 USED TO ACCUMULATE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS, A SUM EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF
 THE  NUMBER  OF YEARS OF SERVICE BEING CLAIMED AND THREE PERCENT OF SUCH
 MEMBER'S COMPENSATION  EARNED  DURING  THE  TWELVE  MONTHS  OF  CREDITED
 SERVICE  IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THAT THE MEMBER MADE APPLICATION
 FOR CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   E. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  UPON
 COMPLETION  OF  TWENTY  YEARS OF SERVICE, AND UPON RETIREMENT, EACH SUCH
 MEMBER WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY CREDITED WITH SERVICE CREDIT IN THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  AND  LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK STATE AND
 LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS A CORRECTION OFFICER EMPLOYED
 BY A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR THE STATE WHO IS A PARTICIPANT IN A PUBLIC
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15701-02-6
 S. 10387                            2

 RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE MAY RECEIVE FOR EACH SUCH YEAR OF  PREVI-
 OUS  SERVICE,  UP  TO  A TOTAL OF NO GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS OF PREVIOUS
 SERVICE, ADDITIONAL PENSION EQUAL TO ONE-SIXTIETH OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL
 AVERAGE SALARY. TO OBTAIN SUCH CREDIT A MEMBER SHALL PAY SUCH RETIREMENT
 SYSTEM,  FOR  DEPOSIT  IN  THE FUND USED TO ACCUMULATE EMPLOYER CONTRIB-
 UTIONS, A SUM EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER  OF  YEARS  OF  SERVICE
 BEING  CLAIMED  AND  THREE  PERCENT OF SUCH MEMBER'S COMPENSATION EARNED
 DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS OF CREDITED SERVICE IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  THE
 DATE  THAT  THE  MEMBER  MADE  APPLICATION  FOR  CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §384-e, R & SS L

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10387A

SPONSOR: BYNOE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
authorizing certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan
to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court officer
title series employed by the Unified Court System of the State of New
York, or any correction officer employed by a county, municipality, or
the state

 
PURPOSE:

This bill authorizes certain persons in an optional twenty year retire-
ment plan to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court
officer title series employed by the Unified Court System of the State
of New York, or any correction officer employed by a county, munici-
pality, or the state. The measure is intended to promote retirement
equity, strengthen workforce retention, and recognize the demanding
public safety functions performed by these employees.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends Section 384-e of the retirement and social
security law by adding two new subdivisions d and e. This reads as
follows:

"d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon
completion of twenty years of service, and upon retirement, each such
member who was previously credited with service credit in the New York
state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and
local police and fire retirement system as a uniformed court officer
title series employed by the unified court system of the state of New
York who is a participant in a public retirement system of the state may
receive for each such year of previous service, up to a total of no
greater than five years of previous service, additional pension equal to
one-sixtieth of such member's final average salary. To obtain such cred-
it a member shall pay such retirement system, for deposit in the fund
used to accumulate employer contributions, a sum equal to the product of
the number of years of service being claimed and three percent of such
member's compensation earned during the twelve months of credited
service immediately preceding the date that the member made application
for credit pursuant to this section.

e. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon
completion of twenty years of service, and upon retirement, each such
member who was previously credited with service credit in the New York
state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and
local police and fire retirement system as a correction officer employed
by a county, municipality, or the state who is a participant in a public
retirement system of the state may receive for each such year of previ-
ous service, up to a total of no greater than five years of previous
service, additional pension equal to one-sixtieth of such member's final
average salary. To obtain such credit a member shall pay such retirement
system, for deposit in the fund used to accumulate employer contrib-
utions, a sum equal to the product of the number of years of service
being claimed and three percent of such member's compensation earned
during the twelve months of credited service immediately preceding the
date that the member made application for credit pursuant to this
section."

Section 2 of this bill establishes the effective date. This reads as
follows: "This act shall take effect immediately."

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Uniformed court officers and correction officers perform critical public
safety roles that frequently involve physical risk, exposure to
violence, and longterm occupational stress. Many of these employees
enter service as a sworn police officer and firefighter after prior
public employment that is not credited toward their current retirement
system.   
JUSTIFICATION:  Other public safety titles within the state
retirement framework have been granted opportunities to purchase prior
service credit as a.  recruitment and retention tool. Extending a simi-
lar opportunity to former court and correction officers promotes fair-
ness across uniformed services while strengthening workforce stability
in correctional facilities and courts.

This bill authorizes certain persons in an optional twenty year retire-
ment plan to receive credit for previous service as a uniformed court
officer title series employed by the Unified Court System of the State
of New York, or any correction officer employed by a county, munici-
pality, or the state. The measure is intended to promote retirement
equity, strengthen workforce retention, and recognize the demanding
public safety functions performed by these employees.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2025-2026: Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See Fiscal Note

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10387--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BYNOE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   authorizing certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan
   to receive credit for previous service as a  uniformed  court  officer
   title  series employed by the Unified Court System of the State of New
   York, or any correction officer employed by a county, municipality, or
   the state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 384-e of the retirement and social security law is
 amended by adding two new subdivisions d and e to read as follows:
   D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  UPON
 COMPLETION  OF  TWENTY  YEARS OF SERVICE, AND UPON RETIREMENT, EACH SUCH
 MEMBER WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY CREDITED WITH SERVICE CREDIT IN THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  AND  LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK STATE AND
 LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS  A  UNIFORMED  COURT  OFFICER
 TITLE  SERIES  EMPLOYED  BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK WHO IS A PARTICIPANT IN A PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE MAY
 RECEIVE FOR EACH SUCH YEAR OF PREVIOUS SERVICE, UP  TO  A  TOTAL  OF  NO
 GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS OF PREVIOUS SERVICE, ADDITIONAL PENSION EQUAL TO
 ONE-SIXTIETH OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY. TO OBTAIN SUCH CRED-
 IT  A  MEMBER  SHALL PAY SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM, FOR DEPOSIT IN THE FUND
 USED TO ACCUMULATE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS, A SUM EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF
 THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE BEING CLAIMED AND THREE PERCENT  OF  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  COMPENSATION  EARNED  DURING  THE  TWELVE  MONTHS  OF CREDITED
 SERVICE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THAT THE MEMBER MADE  APPLICATION
 FOR CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   E.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON
 COMPLETION OF TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE, AND UPON  RETIREMENT,  EACH  SUCH
 MEMBER  WHO  WAS PREVIOUSLY CREDITED WITH SERVICE CREDIT IN THE NEW YORK
 STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK  STATE  AND
 LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS A CORRECTION OFFICER EMPLOYED
 BY A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR THE STATE WHO IS A PARTICIPANT IN A PUBLIC
 RETIREMENT  SYSTEM OF THE STATE MAY RECEIVE FOR EACH SUCH YEAR OF PREVI-

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15701-03-6
 S. 10387--A                         2
 
 OUS SERVICE, UP TO A TOTAL OF NO GREATER THAN  FIVE  YEARS  OF  PREVIOUS
 SERVICE, ADDITIONAL PENSION EQUAL TO ONE-SIXTIETH OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL
 AVERAGE SALARY. TO OBTAIN SUCH CREDIT A MEMBER SHALL PAY SUCH RETIREMENT
 SYSTEM,  FOR  DEPOSIT  IN  THE FUND USED TO ACCUMULATE EMPLOYER CONTRIB-
 UTIONS, A SUM EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER  OF  YEARS  OF  SERVICE
 BEING  CLAIMED  AND  THREE  PERCENT OF SUCH MEMBER'S COMPENSATION EARNED
 DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS OF CREDITED SERVICE IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  THE
 DATE  THAT  THE  MEMBER  MADE  APPLICATION  FOR  CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow up to  five  years  of  service  rendered  as  a
 uniformed  court  officer  or  correction  officer to be credited toward
 additional sixtieths under section 384-e of the  Retirement  and  Social
 Security  Law.    The  members  must have 20 years of service credit and
 would be required to make a payment equal to three percent of their most
 recent compensation per year of service credit.
   Insofar as this bill affects the New York State and Local  Police  and
 Fire Retirement System (NYSLPFRS), there are 750 benefiting members with
 annual  salary  of approximately $95 million as of March 31, 2025. These
 members can immediately purchase approximately 2,000  years  of  service
 credit,  generating  a past service cost of $71.0 million. The cost will
 be shared by the participating employers in  NYSLPFRS  and  spread  over
 future billing cycles.
   The number of future members who could be affected by this legislation
 cannot be readily determined. For each additional year of service credit
 granted  pursuant  to  this  legislation, there will be additional costs
 averaging 27% of the member's compensation. All costs will be  borne  by
 the state of New York and local participating employers in NYSLPFRS.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the  bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial  Report.  The
 actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and  Control.  The  fair
 value  of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
   Assumptions, demographics, and  other  considerations  may  have  been
 modified  to  better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
 change(s).
   This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the  viability
 of the bill, nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for the profes-
 sional judgment of an attorney.
   This  estimate,  dated  May 27, 2026, and intended for use only during
 the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-202.  As  Chief
 Actuary  of  the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS), I,
 Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this  analysis  complies  with
 applicable  Actuarial  Standards  of  Practice  as  well  as the Code of
 Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for  Actuaries  Issuing
 Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
 which  I  am  a  member.  I  am a member of NYSLRS but do not believe it
 impairs my objectivity.

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2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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2025-S10387 - Bill Text download pdf

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10387A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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