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S 6709: Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service.
What S 6709 does, verified January 12, 2026
The proposed legislation aims to increase civil service credits given to veterans returning from service. Currently, veterans honorably discharged on or after January 1, 2025, are entitled to receive 10 points additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and 5 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion. Disabled veterans honorably discharged on or after January 1, 2025, are entitled to receive 15 points additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and 10 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion. The proposed changes take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6709
- What is the current status of S 6709?
- As of January 12, 2026, S 6709 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 VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS".
- Did S 6709 pass?
- Not yet. S 6709 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6709, and where is it now?
- S 6709 was authored by Sen. Bill Weber. Its committee of record is Senate Veterans, Homeland Security & Military Affairs.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 20, 2025 · 238 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6709 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to increasing civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil 2 service law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 3 and 4 to read 3 as follows: 4 (3) Veterans honorably discharged on or after January first, two thou- 5 sand twenty-five, shall be entitled to receive ten points additional 6 credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and five 7 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion. 8 (4) Disabled veterans honorably discharged on or after January first, 9 two thousand twenty-five, shall be entitled to receive fifteen points 10 additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment 11 and ten points additional credit in a competitive examination for 12 promotion. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04057-01-5
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