NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4582

Senate Bill S4582

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits elected officials from collecting retirement while still in office when the retirement is earned from an elective public office

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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2025-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §150, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7081
2017-2018: S117
2019-2020: S4656
2021-2022: S1654
2023-2024: S3456

2025-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits elected officials from collecting retirement while still in office when the retirement is earned from an elective public office.

2025-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4582

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting
elected officials from collecting retirement while still in an elected
position

 
PURPOSE:

Prohibits officials from collecting retirement benefits for their
elected position despite not retiring and still holding said elected
position.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends Section 150 of the civil service law, amended by Chap-
ter 211 of the laws of 1995, by eliminating language that allows an
elected official to receive a pension while concurrently serving in the
same elected position. Under this amendment, the retirement allowance
shall be suspended until the date the official vacates the elected

public office.

Section 2: Sets Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Many New Yorkers rightfully collect a pension upon retiring from their
careers. However, certain elected officials take advantage of a loophole
allowing them to receive a pension for the office they continue to hold
despite not having retired. This bill seeks to eliminate that loophole
by ensuring that current and future instances of such "double-dipping"
are addressed by correcting the unfair equity that exists by closing
this gap in the law.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2016: S7081, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2017: S117, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2018: S117, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2019: S4656, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2020: S4656, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2021: S1654, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2022: S1654, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2023: S3456, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2024: S3456, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

Assembly
2016: A9567, Referred to Governmental Employees

2017: A1631, Referred to Governmental Employees

2018: A1631, Referred to Governmental Employees

2019: A5032, Referred to Governmental Employees

2020: A5032, Referred to Governmental Employees

2021: No Assembly Same-As 2022: No Assembly Same-As

2023: No Assembly Same-As 2024: No Assembly Same-As

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to all current
elected officials and all those elected after the effective date of this
act.

2025-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4582
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
   Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil  service  law, in relation to prohibiting
   elected officials from collecting retirement while still in an elected
   position

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 150 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter
 211 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   § 150. Suspension  of  pension  and  annuity during public employment.
 Except as otherwise provided by sections one hundred  one,  two  hundred
 eleven,  and  two  hundred  twelve of the retirement and social security
 law, section five hundred three of the education law, and except as  now
 provided  by  any local law or charter, if any person subsequent to [his
 or her] THEIR retirement from the civil service of the state or  of  any
 municipal  corporation  or  political  subdivision  of  the state, shall
 accept any office, position or employment in the civil  service  of  the
 state  or  of  any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the
 state to which any salary or emolument is attached, except jury duty  or
 the  office  of  inspector of election, poll clerk or ballot clerk under
 the election law, or the office of  notary  public  or  commissioner  of
 deeds, [or an elective public office,] any pension or annuity awarded or
 allotted to [him or her] THEM upon retirement, and payable by the state,
 by  such  municipal  corporation or political subdivision, or out of any
 fund established by or pursuant to law, shall be suspended  during  such
 service  or  employment and while such person is receiving any salary or
 emolument  therefor  except  reimbursement   for   traveling   expenses.
 [Notwithstanding  the foregoing, if any person, subsequent to his or her
 retirement from an elective public office, accepts appointment, is re-e-
 lected or takes a new oath of office to the same elective public  office

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08769-01-5

 S. 4582                             2

 from  which  he or she retired, his or her retirement allowance shall be
 suspended until the date he or she vacates such elective public  office,
 unless  the amount earned for any calendar year for that elective public
 office  does  not  exceed  the  earning  limitation provided for retired
 persons in section two hundred twelve of the retirement and social secu-
 rity law. However, for purposes of this section the age seventy unlimit-
 ed earnings provision of section two hundred twelve  of  the  retirement
 and  social  security  law will not pertain to any person, subsequent to
 his or her retirement from an elective public  office,  if  such  person
 accepts  appointment, is re-elected or takes a new oath of office to the
 same elective public office from which he or she retired].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  all
 current elected officials and all those elected after the effective date
 of this act.

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