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Senate Bill S4092

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a cost of living adjustment for members of the legislature

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2025-S4092 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2890
2013-2014: S3210
2015-2016: S3981
2017-2018: S3620
2019-2020: S4527
2021-2022: S4387
2023-2024: S5139

2025-S4092 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a cost of living adjustment for members of the legislature, which provides a mechanism for increasing or decreasing the member's allowance at the same rate as increases or decreases in the median household income.

2025-S4092 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4092 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4092
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to creating a  cost  of
   living  adjustment  to  be  applied  to the salaries of members of the
   legislature

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 5-a of the legislative law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION,  AS  OF  THE
 FIRST WEDNESDAY IN JANUARY OF THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND EVERY
 SECOND  YEAR  THEREAFTER,  SUCH  BASE  ALLOWANCE  SHALL  BE INCREASED OR
 DECREASED AT THE SAME RATE AS  INCREASES  OR  DECREASES  IN  THE  MEDIAN
 HOUSEHOLD  INCOME  FOR  THE  STATE FOR THE PRECEDING TWO YEAR PERIOD, AS
 ASCERTAINED BY THE GOVERNOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07349-01-5

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