Senate Bill S7930

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without a reduction of benefits

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


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S7930 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §214-c, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2747
2017-2018: S4479
2019-2020: S4134
2021-2022: S4438
2023-2024: S6155

2025-S7930 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without a reduction of their retirement benefits.

2025-S7930 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7930 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7930
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
   authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructors of fire
   sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
   of their retirement benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 214-c to read as follows:
   § 214-C. EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED  FROM  FIRE
 SERVICE.   NOTWITHSTANDING   THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR  CHARTER  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  NO
 RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE  AND  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK FIRE
 DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION  CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED BY
 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE THEIR RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OR BENE-
 FITS SUSPENDED OR REDUCED BECAUSE OF COMPENSATION EARNED BY SUCH RETIRED
 PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow retired firefighters who are  employed  as  fire
 science  instructors in a program approved by the New York State Depart-
 ment of Education to continue to receive their full retirement  benefit.
 Currently, the salary limit is $35,000.
   Insofar  as  this bill affects the New York State and Local Police and
 Fire Retirement System (NYSLPFRS), if this bill were enacted during  the
 2025  Legislative  Session,  the  direct  cost  incurred  would  be  the
 retiree's pension benefit paid  while  post-retirement  earnings  exceed
 $35,000  each  calendar year. The pension benefit expected to be paid by
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06246-02-5
              

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