---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows deputy sheriffs Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton, and Joshua Whitney, to join the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, county of Washington"
description: "Allows deputy sheriffs Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton, and Joshua Whitney, to join the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, county of Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5611"
citation: "New York S 5611 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LITTLE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-08"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45a0a60e-aefd-4853-9e4d-237cef0d4855"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5611"
source_hash: "8b64f6506e25f354f1d01e6761ec54bf7dee9d02a61ac7b6e95af450b1f76636"
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 5611 (2019-2020) — Allows deputy sheriffs Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton, and Joshua Whitney, to join the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, county of Washington

Allows deputy sheriffs Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton, and Joshua Whitney, to join the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, county of Washington.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5611&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LITTLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-08** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1823
- **2019-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7434
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.651
- **2019-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.604 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45a0a60e-aefd-4853-9e4d-237cef0d4855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).