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A 8521: Provides for comparable salary and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confidential which shall not be withheld unless an employee has received a formal written performance evaluation rating of unsatisfactory or its equivalent.
What A 8521 does, verified April 28, 2026
The proposed legislation aims to provide comparable salary and benefits for state employees designated as managerial or confidential. State employees in these positions will receive a performance advancement adjustment equivalent to one-sixth of their salary grade on April 1st of each fiscal year, following completion of each year of service in grade. This adjustment ensures that no employee salary exceeds the job rate of their salary grade. Performance advancement adjustments for managerial and confidential employees cannot be withheld unless the employee has received a formal written performance evaluation rating of unsatisfactory or its equivalent. The legislation will take effect on the first day of the next April after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to governmental employees (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8521
- What is the current status of A 8521?
- As of April 28, 2026, A 8521 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental employees".
- Did A 8521 pass?
- Not yet. A 8521 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8521, and where is it now?
- A 8521 was authored by Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Employees.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental employees |
| May. 20, 2025 | referred to governmental employees |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 20, 2025 · 269 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8521 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to comparable salary and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confi- dential The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 2 137 to read as follows: 3 § 137. Comparable salary and other benefits. Notwithstanding any other 4 provision of law to the contrary, state employees designated managerial 5 or confidential under article fourteen of this chapter shall receive 6 performance advancement adjustments equivalent to one sixth of the sala- 7 ry range for such employee's salary grade on April first of each fiscal 8 year following completion of each year of service in grade. As a result 9 of such adjustment, no employee salary shall exceed the job rate of 10 their salary grade. Performance advancement adjustments due any manage- 11 rial or confidential employee shall not be withheld unless an employee 12 has received a formal written performance evaluation rating of unsatis- 13 factory or its equivalent. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 15 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11473-01-5
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