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Senate Bill S7783
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
2025-S7783 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement and Social Security Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§78-a & 378-a, R & SS L; amd §532-a, Ed L; amd §13-696, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022:
S6030
2023-2024: S6158
2025-S7783 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7783 SPONSOR: JACKSON TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the retirement and social security law, the education law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing cost-of-living adjustments PURPOSE: This bill amends Chapter 125 of the Laws of 2000, a chapter which provides public employee retirees with permanent partial cost-ofliving increases in New York State. The bill provides a desirable amendment to Chapter 125 needed to protect public retirees from continued erosion of their retirement income from inflation. While Chapter 125 began the effort to address pension erosion, this bill seeks to further close that gap. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision d of Section 78-A of the Retirement and
2025-S7783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7783 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, HARCKHAM -- 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, the education law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing cost-of-living adjustments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision d of section 78-a of the retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 125 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: d. The percentage referred to in this section shall be determined annually by reference to the consumer price index (all urban consumers, CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items, 1982-84=100), published by the United States bureau of labor statistics, for each applicable calendar year. Said percentage shall equal fifty percent of the annual inflation, as determined from the increase in the consumer price index in the one year period ending on the March thirty-first prior to the cost-of-living adjustment effective on the ensuing September first. Said percentage shall then be rounded up to the next higher one-tenth of one percent and shall not exceed three percent nor be less than one percent AND EFFEC- TIVE THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE PERCENT NOR BE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. § 2. Subdivision d of section 378-a of the retirement and social secu- rity law, as added by chapter 125 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: d. The percentage referred to in this section shall be determined annually by reference to the consumer price index (all urban consumers, CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items, 1982-84=100), published by the United States bureau of labor statistics, for each applicable calendar year. Said percentage shall equal fifty percent of the annual inflation, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08218-03-5
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