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NY S 6598

in committee

Relates to authorizing geographic pay differentials for certain police officers

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6598 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6598 is in committee as of 2026-04-21 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-21): RECOMMITTED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 6598 about?

Relates to authorizing geographic pay differentials for certain police officers; authorizes a pay differential for regional state park police, forest ranger, environmental conservation officer, and university police officer titles when wage rates of police officers in a given location are substantially higher than the wage rates paid by the state.

Who sponsors NY S 6598?

Robert Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY S 6598.

Description

Relates to authorizing geographic pay differentials for certain police officers; authorizes a pay differential for regional state park police, forest ranger, environmental conservation officer, and university police officer titles when wage rates of police officers in a given location are substantially higher than the wage rates paid by the state.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-21 — RECOMMITTED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert Jacksonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-18

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-21

    RECOMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Civil Service And Pensions Vote

    2026-04-21 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8912not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5460not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7721

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6598?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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