STATE OF NEW YORK
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2229
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining employees of
the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 292 of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 830 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 6. The term "employee" in this article does not include any individual
5 employed by [his or her] their parents, spouse, or child; provided,
6 however, that for the purposes of this article, the following shall be
7 deemed employees of the state:
8 (a) statewide elected officials, including the governor, lieutenant
9 governor, comptroller, and attorney general;
10 (b) state officers and employees, including:
11 (i) heads of state departments and their deputies and assistants who
12 serve at the discretion of a statewide elected official; and
13 (ii) officers and employees of statewide elected officials who serve
14 at the discretion of the statewide elected official;
15 (c) legislative employees, including officers and employees of the
16 legislature; and
17 (d) legislative members, including senators and members of the assem-
18 bly.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06083-01-5
