Senate Bill S2585

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of a public employer and public employee

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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-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §75-b, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7841
2021-2022: S1096
2023-2024: S2138

2025-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of a public employee or employee; includes the unified court system and the legislature as public employers.

2025-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2585 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2585
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LIU, BROUK, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAYER, RIVERA,
   SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the definition of
   public employer and public employee

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75-b of
 the civil service law, as added by chapter 660 of the laws of 1984,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "Public  employer"  or "employer" shall mean (i) the state of New
 York, (ii) a county, city, town, village or any other political subdivi-
 sion or civil division of the state, (iii)  a  school  district  or  any
 governmental  entity  operating  a public school, college or university,
 (iv) a public improvement or special district, (v) a  public  authority,
 commission  or  public  benefit corporation, [or] (vi) THE UNIFIED COURT
 SYSTEM, (VII) THE LEGISLATURE, OR (VIII) any other  public  corporation,
 agency,  instrumentality  or  unit of government which exercises govern-
 mental power under the laws of the state.
   (b) "Public employee" or "employee" shall mean any  person,  WITH  THE
 EXCEPTIONS OF A JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM AND MEMBERS
 OF  THE  LEGISLATURE, holding a position by appointment or employment in
 the service of a public employer  [except  judges  or  justices  of  the
 unified court system and members of the legislature].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06232-03-5

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