---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes technical corrections to eliminate the restrictions upon transferring for members of the New York state teachers' retirement system"
description: "Makes technical corrections to eliminate the restrictions upon transferring for members of the New York state teachers' retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6604"
citation: "New York A 6604 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABBATE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b70dc0a-e1f5-4060-8a50-7c4c3aba56d2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6604"
source_hash: "d176a6b969b8ab96b12db092c1e2d0a72c23ffcc549da4dc2f69c6b98aaf6220"
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 A 6604 (2017-2018) — Makes technical corrections to eliminate the restrictions upon transferring for members of the New York state teachers' retirement system

Makes technical corrections to eliminate the restrictions upon transferring for members of the New York state teachers' retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6604 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6604&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6604 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6604)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ABBATE — primary (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED
- **2017-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.446
- **2017-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-24** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5135A
- **2017-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.770
- **2017-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.292 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b70dc0a-e1f5-4060-8a50-7c4c3aba56d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).