---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the probationary period for certain tenured employees in school districts"
description: "Relates to the probationary period for certain tenured employees in school districts; makes such probationary period last for 3 years rather than 4 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4007"
citation: "New York S 4007 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecfd47ec-6901-416b-a0dd-6a6c32b62dc5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4007"
source_hash: "6f60c52b77e8f4cc40fe8ce35120b63faac826fd78e4099e4a8a464b9d9e8c07"
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 4007 (2019-2020) — Relates to the probationary period for certain tenured employees in school districts

Relates to the probationary period for certain tenured employees in school districts; makes such probationary period last for 3 years rather than 4 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4007&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4007A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4007A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** 1ST REPORT CAL.222
- **2019-03-06** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4007A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8346
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.535
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.345 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecfd47ec-6901-416b-a0dd-6a6c32b62dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).