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Senate Bill S7930
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd 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
2025-S7930 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S7930 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7930 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE: To allow retired firefighters with knowledge and expertise in the profession to train the future generation of young firefighters without diminution of his or her retirement benefits. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends the retirement and social security law by adding a new section 214-c. To ensure retired firefighters who receive benefits from the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System or the New York Fire Department Pension Fund will not have their retirement
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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