---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Curt McDermott, a part-time town of Shawangunk police officer, to take the civil service exam for full-time police officer"
description: "Authorizes Curt McDermott, a part-time town of Shawangunk police officer in the county of Ulster, to take the civil service examination for full-time police officer, and to be placed on the eligible list for appointment if his score on the examination is high enough."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4719"
citation: "New York S 4719 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d43351e3-7b0a-48cc-8d41-689f7cc8272a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4719"
source_hash: "19e26827861962e7f31d41e69e3bc7ead13d2396f813e7933c54d4498768ae2c"
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 4719 (2019-2020) — Authorizes Curt McDermott, a part-time town of Shawangunk police officer, to take the civil service exam for full-time police officer

Authorizes Curt McDermott, a part-time town of Shawangunk police officer in the county of Ulster, to take the civil service examination for full-time police officer, and to be placed on the eligible list for appointment if his score on the examination is high enough.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4719&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4719A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4719A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 4719A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.922
- **2019-05-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6780A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.595
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.255 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d43351e3-7b0a-48cc-8d41-689f7cc8272a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).