---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to setting limits on severance packages for public at-will employees"
description: "Sets limits on severance packages equal to three months salary for public at-will employees not subject to a collective bargaining agreement or union contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4292"
citation: "New York S 4292 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110767fe-14a2-48a2-bda3-9f19fa3acae7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4292"
source_hash: "c27230192e76df26ab67dd256afc8428804583d71e4c4cf36685a23eb14548fb"
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 4292 (2019-2020) — Relates to setting limits on severance packages for public at-will employees

Sets limits on severance packages equal to three months salary for public at-will employees not subject to a collective bargaining agreement or union contract.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4292&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–8** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.369
- **2019-04-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2480
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.489
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.595 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/110767fe-14a2-48a2-bda3-9f19fa3acae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).