Senate Bill S8158A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S8158 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §556, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8536

2025-S8158 - Summary

Relates to accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs; provides that deputy sheriffs shall receive a pension of three-quarters of their final average salary.

2025-S8158 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8158 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8158
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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
   accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 556 of the  retire-
 ment  and  social  security  law, as added by chapter 165 of the laws of
 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   3. A pension of two-thirds of [his or her] THE MEMBER'S final  average
 salary;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, A DEPUTY SHERIFF SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION OF
 THREE-QUARTERS OF THEIR  FINAL  AVERAGE  SALARY.  The  payment  of  such
 pension  shall  be  subject to the provisions of section [three hundred]
 sixty-four of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01325-02-5



              

2025-S8158A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §556, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8536

2025-S8158A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs; provides that deputy sheriffs shall receive a pension of three-quarters of their final average salary.

2025-S8158A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8158A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8158--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 556 of the retire-
 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 165  of  the  laws  of
 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A pension of two-thirds of [his or her] THE MEMBER'S final average
 salary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A DEPUTY SHERIFF SHALL RECEIVE A  PENSION  OF
 THREE-QUARTERS  OF  THEIR  FINAL  AVERAGE  SALARY.  The  payment of such
 pension shall be subject to the provisions of  section  [three  hundred]
 sixty-four of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill  would  modify the accidental retirement benefit for deputy
 sheriffs covered under Article 14-B of the Retirement and Social Securi-
 ty Law (RSSL) to  be  three-quarters  of  their  final  average  salary,
 increased  from the current benefit of two-thirds of final average sala-
 ry.
   Insofar as this bill affects the New York State and  Local  Employees'
 Retirement  System  (NYSLERS), if this legislation is enacted during the
 2025 Legislative Session, there would be an increase in accrued  liabil-
 ities  of  approximately $3.14 million, due to the past service accruals
 of affected members, which would be shared by the State of New York  and
 all  local  participating  employers.  This will marginally increase the
 billing rates charged annually to all participating employers, beginning
 with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01325-03-5
              

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