Senate Bill S6663

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Withholds the salary of the governor and members of the legislature if the budget is late until final ratification of the budget

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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-S6663 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, St Fin L; amd §5, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7290

2025-S6663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Withholds the salary of the governor and members of the legislature if the budget is late until final ratification of the budget; forfeits withheld salary.

2025-S6663 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6663
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state  finance  law  and  the  legislative  law,  in
   relation  to withholding the salary of the governor and members of the
   legislature if the budget is late  until  final  ratification  of  the
   budget

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "passage of late enacted budget (PLEB) act".
   §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 24 of the state finance law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, ANY SUCH  SALARY
 INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS TO BE PAID ON OR AFTER SUCH DAY TO THE GOVERNOR AND
 MEMBERS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  SHALL  BE WITHHELD AND NOT PAID UNTIL THE
 FINAL RATIFICATION OF THE BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR  PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION FIVE OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW WHEREUPON ANY SALARY INSTALLMENT
 PAYMENTS INTENDED FOR THE GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE  LEGISLATURE  THAT
 ARE WITHHELD AND NOT PAID SHALL BE FORFEITED IN PERPETUITY.
   §  3. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 5 of the legislative law, subdi-
 vision 1 as amended and subdivision 3 as added by  chapter  635  of  the
 laws of 1998, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chap-
 ter 841 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three, each member of
 the legislature shall receive a salary of one hundred forty-two thousand
 dollars per annum. Such salary of a member of the legislature  shall  be
 payable  in  twenty-six  bi-weekly installments provided, however, that,
 EFFECTIVE  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  if  [legislative
 passage]  FINAL  RATIFICATION  of  the  budget as defined in subdivision
 three of this section has not occurred prior to the  first  day  of  any
 fiscal  year,  the  net  amount of any such bi-weekly salary installment
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09919-01-5
              

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