A 207: Prohibits the comptroller from using environment, social, and governance criteria as a screening method for selecting companies and funds to invest the state pension fund in.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 207 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PIROZZOLO, LEMONDES, E. BROWN, BRABENEC, DeSTEFA- NO, REILLY, FITZPATRICK, ANGELINO, FRIEND, GALLAHAN, GIGLIO, DURSO, CHANG, MAHER, MILLER, NOVAKHOV, SIMPSON, SMULLEN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to prohibiting the comptroller from using environment, social, and gover- nance criteria when investing the state pension fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 177 of the retirement and social security law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. The trustee or trustees of such fund shall be prohibited from 4 using environmental, social, and governance criteria as a screening 5 method for selecting companies and funds to invest in. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00589-01-5