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S 6548: Relates to providing minimum standards governing maternity policy for institutions employing police officers and correctional officers including uniform and/or equipment modifications, exemption from firearm qualification requirements, and ensuring there is no discrimination or poor treatment of pregnant individuals.
What S 6548 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to improve maternity policies for police officers and correctional officers. It requires employers to adopt policies that prevent discrimination against pregnant employees and treat them equally to temporarily disabled officers. The law also mandates procedures for modifying full-duty assignments and providing temporary, light-duty assignments when medically necessary. Pregnant officers are exempt from firearms qualification requirements during pregnancy. Employers must also make uniform and equipment modifications as necessary to accommodate pregnant officers. The law will take effect 60 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO FINANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6548
- What is the current status of S 6548?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 6548 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 FINANCE".
- Did S 6548 pass?
- Not yet. S 6548 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6548, and where is it now?
- S 6548 was authored by Sen. James Sanders. Its committee of record is Senate Finance.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
| Mar. 17, 2025 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 17, 2025 · 290 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6548 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to maternity policies for police officers and correctional officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-f 2 to read as follows: 3 § 845-f. Maternity policy. Any entity employing a police officer of 4 the state or a municipality, or a correctional officer, shall adopt or 5 revise maternity leave policies to conform with the following require- 6 ments: 7 (a) ensure against discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, child- 8 birth, or any related medical condition; 9 (b) provide that such officers are treated in the same fashion as 10 temporarily disabled officers during pregnancy; 11 (c) provide for procedures to modify full-duty assignments and to 12 provide temporary, light-duty assignments, if and when medically indi- 13 cated, consistent with the operational requirements of the employing 14 entity, and that take into consideration any specific restrictions iden- 15 tified by a pregnant officer's physician; 16 (d) exempt such officers from firearms qualification requirements 17 during pregnancy; and 18 (e) provide for all practicable uniform and/or equipment modifica- 19 tions, as may be necessary. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06862-01-5
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