---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges"
description: "Relates to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5821"
citation: "New York A 5821 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABBATE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aabbd319-27f4-4ff7-b869-284ddf39ba83"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5821"
source_hash: "a4f802e8f479dfddd3706e1f7ddbcf9cac6cd1e90b51bb57d074ae1f7263b5a5"
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 5821 (2019-2020) — Relates to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges

Relates to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5821&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5821A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5821A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ABBATE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 5821A `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.139
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.139
- **2019-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4083A
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1767
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.696 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aabbd319-27f4-4ff7-b869-284ddf39ba83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).