---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Rickly Dear to file a new service retirement application and option election form with the New York state and local employees' retirement system on behalf of her deceased husband"
description: "Authorizes Rickly Dear, the widow of Noach Dear, to file a new service retirement application and option election form with the New York state and local employees' retirement system on behalf of her deceased husband."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8714"
citation: "New York S 8714 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FELDER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-07-10"
last_action: "2020-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b2dccd0-99e0-4f81-a58a-7b9e2befde0f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8714"
source_hash: "76c89dd9f98545835cdd3bb8ffd1ff99d1c146afaf339530bd80b6453b6f9ac4"
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 8714 (2019-2020) — Authorizes Rickly Dear to file a new service retirement application and option election form with the New York state and local employees' retirement system on behalf of her deceased husband

Authorizes Rickly Dear, the widow of Noach Dear, to file a new service retirement application and option election form with the New York state and local employees' retirement system on behalf of her deceased husband.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8714&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **134–7** (pass) · lower
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- FELDER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-14** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.999
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10536
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.330
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-28** SIGNED CHAP.379 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b2dccd0-99e0-4f81-a58a-7b9e2befde0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).