Bill Text: NY A00207 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the comptroller from using environment, social, and governance criteria as a screening method for selecting companies and funds to invest the state pension fund in.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to governmental employees [A00207 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00207-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           207

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PIROZZOLO, LEMONDES, E. BROWN, BRABENEC, DeSTEFA-
          NO,  REILLY,  FITZPATRICK,  ANGELINO, FRIEND, GALLAHAN, GIGLIO, DURSO,
          CHANG, MAHER, MILLER, NOVAKHOV, SIMPSON, SMULLEN -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A.  BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
          on Governmental Employees

        AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
          prohibiting the comptroller from using environment, social, and gover-
          nance criteria when investing the state pension fund

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  177 of the retirement and social security law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11. The trustee or trustees of such  fund  shall  be  prohibited  from
     4  using  environmental,  social,  and  governance  criteria as a screening
     5  method for selecting companies and funds to invest in.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00589-01-5
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