NY State Senate Bill 2025-S10407

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 27, 2026	print number 10407a
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-S10407 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §89-w, R & SS L

2025-S10407 - Summary

Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau for service as a forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, as a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, as a park police officer trainee, park police office, sergeant park police, lieutenant park police, major park police, or any successor titles or new titles in the park police title series in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation or other state park authority or commission, as a member of the capital police force in the office of general services, as a fire protection specialist trainee 2, fire protection specialist trainee 1, fire protection specialist 1, fire protection specialist 2, fire protection specialist 3, or any successor titles or new titles in the fire protection specialist title series of the division of homeland security and emergency services, as an airport firefighter apprentice, airport firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III or training and safety officer in the division of military and naval affairs, or as a uniformed court officer or peace officer employed by the unified court system.

2025-S10407 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10407

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
providing for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the coun-
ty of Nassau

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To expand the titles for which prior service can be credited to a member
that is currently serving as a Nassau County Fire Marshal.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends Retirement and Social Security Law
section 89-w(e) to provide that a Nassau County Fire Marshal member may
receive credit for prior service in the forest ranger title series, park
police title series, fire protection specialist series, or as a member
of the capital police force, an airport firefighter, a uniformed court
officer or a peace officer employed by the unified court system.

Section two of this bill adds a new subdivision e-1 to Retirement and
Social Security Law section 89-w to provide that service as an emergency
medical technician, emergency responder or dispatcher who provided an
emergency communications services shall be included in computing a
member's total years of service.

Section three of the bill requires Nassau County to pay for the past
services costs associated with this act and allows Nassau County to
amortize the costs over a ten-year period.

Section four of this bill provides that notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, the provisions of this act shall not be subject to the appro-
priation provisions of Retirement and Social Security Law section 25.

Section five of this bill provides that this act shall take effect imme-
diately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would provide pension credit to any eligible member of the NYS
or NYC retirement system who has prior service time and then becomes a
Nassau County Fire Marshal. Currently, the prior service time of such
members would not count toward the Fire Marshals' 25-Year Special Plan.
Nassau County Fire Marshals fill a vital Law Enforcement position in the
community. Currently, Nassau County has a difficult time attracting &
retaining qualified personnel who work for different government agencies
in New York State or New York City retirement systems.  Providing
pension credit for prior service time serves as an incentive for these
individuals to continue living and working in Nassau County and New York
State.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
See attached fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S10407 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10407
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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
   providing  for  prior  service  credit for county fire marshals in the
   county of Nassau
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision e of section 89-w of the retirement and social
 security law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
 a  paid  firefighter,  police  officer  or officer of any organized fire
 department or police force or department of any county,  city,  village,
 town,  fire  district  or police district, AS A  FOREST RANGER I, FOREST
 RANGER II, FOREST RANGER III, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT  OF  FOREST  FIRE
 CONTROL,  OR  ANY  SUCCESSOR  TITLES  OR NEW TITLES IN THE FOREST RANGER
 TITLE SERIES IN THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AS  A
 POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AS A
 PARK POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE, PARK POLICE OFFICE, SERGEANT  PARK  POLICE,
 LIEUTENANT  PARK  POLICE,  MAJOR PARK POLICE, OR ANY SUCCESSOR TITLES OR
 NEW TITLES IN THE PARK POLICE TITLE  SERIES  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  PARKS,
 RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION OR OTHER STATE PARK AUTHORITY OR
 COMMISSION, AS A MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL POLICE FORCE  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF
 GENERAL  SERVICES,  AS  A  FIRE  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  TRAINEE 2, FIRE
 PROTECTION SPECIALIST TRAINEE 1,  FIRE  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  1,  FIRE
 PROTECTION  SPECIALIST 2, FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST 3, OR ANY SUCCESSOR
 TITLES OR NEW TITLES IN THE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST TITLE  SERIES  OF
 THE  DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS AN AIRPORT
 FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT  FIREFIGHTER  II,
 AIRPORT  FIREFIGHTER  III OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER IN THE DIVISION
 OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS, AS A UNIFORMED  COURT  OFFICER  OR  PEACE
 OFFICER  EMPLOYED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, or as a criminal investi-
 gator in the office of a district attorney shall also be  deemed  to  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14624-02-6

 S. 10407                            2
 
 creditable  service  and  shall  be included in computing years of total
 service for retirement pursuant to this section.
   § 2. Section 89-w of the retirement and social security law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision e-1 to read as follows:
   E-1.  CREDIT FOR PAID SERVICE AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TECHNI-
 CIAN, PARAMEDIC OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICES  FOR ANY COUNTY, CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, FIRE DISTRICT OR
 POLICE DISTRICT, AND PAID SERVICE AS A PUBLIC SAFETY  DISPATCHER,  EMER-
 GENCY RESPONDER, EMERGENCY OPERATOR, EMERGENCY COMPLAINT OPERATOR, EMER-
 GENCY  SERVICES DISPATCHER OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS
 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR ANY COUNTY,  CITY,  VILLAGE,  TOWN,
 FIRE  DISTRICT  OR POLICE DISTRICT SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE CREDITABLE
 SERVICE AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING YEARS OF  TOTAL  SERVICE  FOR
 RETIREMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 3.   All   past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Nassau and may be
 amortized over ten years.
   § 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  none
 of  the  provisions  of  this  act shall be subject to the appropriation
 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S10407A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §89-w, R & SS L

2025-S10407A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S10407A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10407A

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
providing for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the coun-
ty of Nassau

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To expand the titles for which prior service can be credited to a member
that is currently serving as a Nassau County Fire Marshal.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends Retirement and Social Security Law
section 89-w(e) to provide that a Nassau County Fire Marshal member may
receive credit for prior service in the forest ranger title series, park
police title series, fire protection specialist series, or as a member
of the capital police force, an airport firefighter, a uniformed court
officer or a peace officer employed by the unified court system.

Section two of this bill adds a new subdivision e-1 to Retirement and
Social Security Law section 89-w to provide that service as an emergency
medical technician, emergency responder or dispatcher who provided emer-
gency communications services shall be included in computing a member's
total years of service.

Section three of the bill requires Nassau County to pay for the past
services costs associated with this act and allows Nassau County to
amortize the costs over a ten-year period.

Section four of this bill provides that notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, the provisions of this act shall not be subject to the appro-
priation provisions of Retirement and Social Security Law section 25.

Section five of this bill provides that this act shall take effect imme-
diately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would provide pension credit to any eligible member of the NYS
or NYC retirement system who has prior service time and then becomes a
Nassau County Fire Marshal. Currently, the prior service time of such
members would not count toward the Fire Marshals' 25-Year Special Plan.
Nassau County Fire Marshals fill a vital Law Enforcement position in the
community. Currently, Nassau County has a difficult time attracting &
retaining qualified personnel who work for different government agencies
in New York State or New York City retirement systems. Providing pension
credit for prior service time serves as an incentive for these individ-
uals to continue living and working in Nassau County and New York State.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

See attached fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S10407A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10407--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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
   providing for prior service credit for county  fire  marshals  in  the
   county of Nassau
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision e of section 89-w of the retirement and  social
 security  law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
 a paid firefighter, police officer or  officer  of  any  organized  fire
 department  or  police force or department of any county, city, village,
 town, fire district or police district, AS A   FOREST RANGER  I,  FOREST
 RANGER  II,  FOREST  RANGER III, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FOREST FIRE
 CONTROL, OR ANY SUCCESSOR TITLES OR NEW  TITLES  IN  THE  FOREST  RANGER
 TITLE  SERIES  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AS A
 POLICE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AS  A
 PARK  POLICE  OFFICER TRAINEE, PARK POLICE OFFICE, SERGEANT PARK POLICE,
 LIEUTENANT PARK POLICE, MAJOR PARK POLICE, OR ANY  SUCCESSOR  TITLES  OR
 NEW  TITLES  IN  THE  PARK  POLICE  TITLE SERIES IN THE OFFICE OF PARKS,
 RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR OTHER STATE  PARK  AUTHORITY  OR
 COMMISSION,  AS  A  MEMBER  OF THE CAPITAL POLICE FORCE IN THE OFFICE OF
 GENERAL SERVICES, AS  A  FIRE  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  TRAINEE  2,  FIRE
 PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  TRAINEE  1,  FIRE  PROTECTION SPECIALIST 1, FIRE
 PROTECTION SPECIALIST 2, FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST 3, OR ANY  SUCCESSOR
 TITLES  OR  NEW TITLES IN THE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST TITLE SERIES OF
 THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS AN  AIRPORT
 FIREFIGHTER  APPRENTICE,  AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER II,
 AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER III OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER IN  THE  DIVISION
 OF  MILITARY  AND  NAVAL  AFFAIRS, AS A UNIFORMED COURT OFFICER OR PEACE
 OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, or as a criminal  investi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14624-03-6
 S. 10407--A                         2
 
 gator  in  the  office of a district attorney shall also be deemed to be
 creditable service and shall be included in  computing  years  of  total
 service for retirement pursuant to this section.
   § 2. Section 89-w of the retirement and social security law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision e-1 to read as follows:
   E-1.  CREDIT FOR PAID SERVICE AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TECHNI-
 CIAN, PARAMEDIC OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICES  FOR ANY COUNTY, CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, FIRE DISTRICT OR
 POLICE DISTRICT, AND PAID SERVICE AS A PUBLIC SAFETY  DISPATCHER,  EMER-
 GENCY RESPONDER, EMERGENCY OPERATOR, EMERGENCY COMPLAINT OPERATOR, EMER-
 GENCY  SERVICES DISPATCHER OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS
 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR ANY COUNTY,  CITY,  VILLAGE,  TOWN,
 FIRE  DISTRICT  OR POLICE DISTRICT SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE CREDITABLE
 SERVICE AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING YEARS OF  TOTAL  SERVICE  FOR
 RETIREMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §   3.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Nassau and may be
 amortized over ten years.
   § 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  none
 of  the  provisions  of  this  act shall be subject to the appropriation
 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow members of the New York State and Local  Employ-
 ees'  Retirement  System  (NYSLERS)  employed by Nassau County as a fire
 marshal to receive credit for prior service in a variety of titles. This
 includes, but is not limited to, service as a regional state park police
 officer,  environmental  conservation  police  officer,  forest  ranger,
 airport  firefighter  with  the  Division of Military and Naval Affairs,
 emergency medical services technician, and public safety dispatcher.  No
 payment by the member would be required.
   Insofar as this bill affects NYSLERS, there are approximately 25 bene-
 fiting  members  with  annual salary of $4 million as of March 31, 2025.
 These members would be immediately granted about  75  years  of  service
 credit,  generating  a past service cost of $4.01 million to be borne by
 Nassau County as a one-time payment. If Nassau County elects to amortize
 this cost over 10 years, the cost for each year will be $512,000.
   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 25% of the member's compensation.
   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).
 S. 10407--A                         3
 
   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 2026-113.  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-S10407A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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2025-S10407A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S10407A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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