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NY A03756
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz
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AI Summary
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Raises the mandatory retirement age for judges, justices, and surrogates from 70 to 76 years old
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Increases the maximum age for retired judges and justices serving under certified appointments from 76 to 80 years old
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Limits retired judges/justices to one additional two-year certification term (previously allowed multiple terms) upon findings of continued mental and physical capacity and demonstrated need for services
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Updates gendered language throughout the judiciary law to gender-neutral terms ("he" to "they")
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Takes effect contingent upon passage of a corresponding constitutional amendment to Article 6, Section 25 of the New York State Constitution
Legislative Description
Raises the mandatory age of retirement for judges to seventy-six, with the ability of certain judges and justices to serve under a certified appointment until the age of eighty.
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/7/2026