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S 6558: Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness.
What S 6558 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to modify the New York State District Attorney and Indigent Legal Services Attorney Loan Forgiveness Program. The key points of the bill include: The eligible period for the program has been extended from six years to seven years after the completion of the second year of employment as an eligible attorney. All periods of time during which an attorney was employed as an eligible attorney or as a law school graduate awaiting admission to the bar are combined for the purpose of determining the eligible period. The bill takes effect immediately, but it ensures that the current award or status of eligible attorneys participating in the program is not diminished.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6558
- What is the current status of S 6558?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 6558 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 HIGHER EDUCATION".
- Did S 6558 pass?
- Not yet. S 6558 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6558, and where is it now?
- S 6558 was authored by Sen. Andrew Lanza. Its committee of record is Senate Higher Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION |
| Mar. 17, 2025 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 17, 2025 · 281 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6558 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the New York State district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgive- ness program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 679-e of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part VV of chapter 56 of the laws 3 of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. "Eligible period" means the [six-year] seven-year period after 5 completion of the [third] second year and before the commencement of the 6 tenth year of employment as an eligible attorney. For purposes of this 7 section, all periods of time during which an admitted attorney was 8 employed as an eligible attorney and all periods of time during which a 9 law school graduate awaiting admission to the New York state bar was 10 employed by a prosecuting or criminal defense agency as permitted by 11 section four hundred eighty-four of the judiciary law shall be combined. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Nothing in this act shall 13 be implemented in a manner that diminishes the current award or status 14 of eligible attorneys currently participating in the program. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07620-01-5
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