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Senate Bill S2095

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses

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2025-S2095 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202-i, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7095
2017-2018: S1155
2019-2020: S678
2021-2022: S3205
2023-2024: S689

2025-S2095 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses; removes the requirement that leave be used when a person's spouse is on leave while deployed to a combat theater or combat zone of operations.

2025-S2095 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2095 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2095
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to a  leave  of  absence  for
   military spouses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 202-i of the labor law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  THE  SPOUSE  OF A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,
 NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES WHO HAS BEEN DEPLOYED, SHALL BE ALLOWED UP TO
 TEN DAYS UNPAID LEAVE BY THEIR EMPLOYER. SUCH LEAVE SHALL ONLY  BE  USED
 WHEN  SUCH  PERSON'S  SPOUSE  IS  ON  LEAVE FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
 UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD, OR RESERVES AFTER  HAVING  BEEN  DEPLOYED
 FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00997-01-5

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