NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8146

Senate Bill S8146

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the department of veterans' services to conduct a study about veterans' employment review

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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May 15, 2025	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

2025-S8146 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8425
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §29-e, Veterans' Services L

2025-S8146 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of veterans' services to conduct a study about veterans' employment review.

2025-S8146 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8146

SPONSOR: SCARCELLA-SPANTON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to directing the
department of veterans' services to conduct a study about veterans'
employment review

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans' Services to conduct a
thorough study on veterans' employment to facilitate a better under-
standing of the legislature's efforts and progress toward supporting
veterans and their careers outside active service.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one: § 1 of the newly amended § 29-e establishes the legislative
intent behind the bill and recognizes the federal government's reduction
in the veteran workforce.

§ 2 of states that the Department of Veterans' Services, the Department
of Civil Service and Labor, the Governor's office of Employee Relations,
two representatives of labor organizations, and the president of the New
York State County Veterans' Service Officers Association are responsible
for the procurement of such a study. It is to be finalized and delivered
by December 31st, 2027, to the Temporary President of the Senate, Speak-
er of the Assembly, and the Governor.

§ 3 lists the requirements of the study.

§ 4 defines "employee" to be the same as in § 292 of the executive law.

Section two: Relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is only proper that those in government help the heroes who volun-
teered to serve in the military make a successful transition to civilian
life and employment. Leaving military service for civilian employment
can be challenging for many veterans who may have difficulty translating
military qualifications, skills, and experiences when applying to civil-
ian jobs. Yet, veterans have a diverse pool of skill sets that make them
invaluable assets in a wide variety of fields across the public and
private sectors and possess a wealth of experience that would be helpful
in any employment situation, whether as a team member or in a leadership
role. The legislature is aware that the current federal government has
been reducing the federal workforce with a disproportionate impact on
veterans. It is therefore, important that the state of New York increase
its efforts to help those veterans who have recently been displaced from
their careers in the federal government and help them find a path to
employment and success in the state of New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Yet to be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2025-S8146 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8146
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to directing the
   department  of  veterans'  services to conduct a study about veterans'
   employment review

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  veterans'  services  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 29-e to read as follows:
   § 29-E. VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT REVIEW. 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. IT IS ONLY
 PROPER THAT THOSE IN GOVERNMENT HELP THE HEROES WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE
 IN THE MILITARY MAKE  A  SUCCESSFUL  TRANSITION  TO  CIVILIAN  LIFE  AND
 EMPLOYMENT.
   LEAVING  MILITARY  SERVICE  FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT CAN BE CHALLENGING
 FOR MANY VETERANS WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY  TRANSLATING  MILITARY  QUALI-
 FICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCES WHEN APPLYING TO CIVILIAN JOBS.  YET,
 VETERANS  HAVE  A  DIVERSE  POOL OF SKILL SETS THAT MAKE THEM INVALUABLE
 ASSETS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF FIELDS ACROSS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS
 AND POSSESS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN ANY  EMPLOY-
 MENT SITUATION, WHETHER AS A TEAM MEMBER OR IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
   THE  LEGISLATURE IS AWARE THAT THE CURRENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
 REDUCING THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON  VETER-
 ANS.  IT IS THEREFORE, IMPORTANT THAT THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCREASE ITS
 EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE VETERANS WHO HAVE  RECENTLY  BEEN  DISPLACED  FROM
 THEIR  CAREERS  IN  THE  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HELP THEM FIND A PATH TO
 EMPLOYMENT AND SUCCESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   2. STUDY ESTABLISHED. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENTS OF CIVIL SERVICE AND LABOR,  THE  GOVERNOR'S  OFFICE  OF  EMPLOYEE
 RELATIONS,  AT  LEAST  TWO  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  LABOR  ORGANIZATIONS AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13112-01-5

 S. 8146                             2
 
 PRESIDENT  OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNTY VETERANS' SERVICE OFFICERS ASSO-
 CIATION, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CONDUCT A STUDY  REGARDING
 VETERANS'  EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES. SUCH STUDY SHALL BE
 COMPLETED  AND  A REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE  DECEM-
 BER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN.
   3.  STUDY  REQUIREMENTS. THE VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT REVIEW SHALL COMPRE-
 HENSIVELY STUDY EFFORTS THAT CAN BE MADE TO IMPROVE AND INCREASE VETERAN
 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STATE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) REVIEWING THE CURRENT SYSTEM  OF  AWARDING  CIVIL  SERVICE  CREDIT
 PURSUANT  TO  LAW,  INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION SIX OF ARTICLE
 FIVE OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION;
   (B) ANALYZING THE BENEFITS OF AWARDING CIVIL SERVICE CREDIT TO  VETER-
 ANS  BASED  ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY, COMBAT EXPERIENCE, OR THE AWARD  OF
 CERTAIN DECORATIONS, MEDALS, BADGES, CITATIONS AND CAMPAIGN RIBBONS;
   (C)  REVIEWING  THE ADEQUACY OF EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR VETERANS IN
 CURRENT LAW;
   (D) REVIEWING METHODS, INCLUDING  THE  AWARDING  OF  ADDITIONAL  CIVIL
 SERVICE  CREDITS,  THAT  CAN  BE IMPLEMENTED BY EMPLOYERS TO MORE EASILY
 FACILITATE THE RECRUITMENT AND ONBOARDING OF VETERAN EMPLOYEES  WHO  ARE
 FORMER  EMPLOYEES  OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WHO WERE DISMISSED FROM
 FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT ON OR AFTER JANUARY TWENTIETH, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 FIVE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14210, 90
 FEDERAL REGISTRY 9669 (FEBRUARY 11, 2025); AND
   (E)  PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES THAT EMPLOYERS
 CAN USE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN VETERAN EMPLOYEES.
   4. DEFINITION. THE TERM "EMPLOYER" SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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