---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the number of alternate physicians who may be appointed"
description: "Increases the number of physicians who may be appointed to serve as the medical board of the NYC employees' retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1966"
citation: "New York S 1966 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a1552c-0f9c-4b65-99a6-7968d438c55e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1966"
source_hash: "d2475399b57265038a1ebf5862215b38f1a4a5fa73dc465490b15dd8d2f50c0f"
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 1966 (2019-2020) — Relates to the number of alternate physicians who may be appointed

Increases the number of physicians who may be appointed to serve as the medical board of the NYC employees' retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1966&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S1966A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1966A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Cities Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-29** PRINT NUMBER 1966A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.405
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3593A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.339
- **2019-06-18** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-11** SIGNED CHAP.249 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51a1552c-0f9c-4b65-99a6-7968d438c55e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).