Bill Commons

NY A 8987

in committee

Provides for early retirement without a pension reduction for certain disabled veterans

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 8987 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8987 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

What is NY A 8987 about?

Provides that a member of a public retirement system of the state who is a disabled veteran may retire without reduction of their retirement benefit upon their attainment of at least fifty-five years of age and completion of at least thirteen years of credited service in such retirement system.

Who sponsors NY A 8987?

Carrie Woerner is the primary sponsor of NY A 8987, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides that a member of a public retirement system of the state who is a disabled veteran may retire without reduction of their retirement benefit upon their attainment of at least fifty-five years of age and completion of at least thirteen years of credited service in such retirement system.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Carrie Woernerprimary
  • Phil Steckcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-08-13

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6950not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8987?summary=&detail=

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