---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows members of the New York city transit authority twenty-five year and age fifty-five retirement plan to purchase credit for prior service"
description: "Allows members of the New York city transit authority twenty-five year and age fifty-five retirement plan to purchase credit for prior service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6591"
citation: "New York S 6591 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DILAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-06"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7780cc0-ddd2-4c4a-90e2-e0b95e78542b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6591"
source_hash: "93941f08b91bdaa52c85e9f13eeadb3dfec7eb66355b0a9e3809b1754e24ca71"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 6591 (2017-2018) — Allows members of the New York city transit authority twenty-five year and age fifty-five retirement plan to purchase credit for prior service

Allows members of the New York city transit authority twenty-five year and age fifty-five retirement plan to purchase credit for prior service.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6591 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6591&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6591 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6591)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DILAN — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1823
- **2017-06-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-15** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8320
- **2017-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.630
- **2017-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7780cc0-ddd2-4c4a-90e2-e0b95e78542b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).