---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to computing the age for public employees who have been absent on military duty to be eligible for a promotion"
description: "Changes a requirement for computing the age for public employees who have been absent on military duty to be eligible for a promotion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7170"
citation: "New York S 7170 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f70970-b64e-4c7f-b10a-828764259ed8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7170"
source_hash: "0345c0d38b15d4df89a016fd13f3b8602fff44df577f8d8ad95c365e71cfa4a7"
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 7170 (2019-2020) — Relates to computing the age for public employees who have been absent on military duty to be eligible for a promotion

Changes a requirement for computing the age for public employees who have been absent on military duty to be eligible for a promotion.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7170&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.94
- **2020-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8972
- **2020-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.433
- **2020-03-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-03-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.72 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54f70970-b64e-4c7f-b10a-828764259ed8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).