---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program may receive a contribution"
description: "Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program may receive a contribution for up to an additional ten years, to a maximum of fifty years; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1091"
citation: "New York S 1091 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4531ad1-8a38-404e-b2de-a3c267260ece"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1091"
source_hash: "0e633a1ee572248d2ec7453887695af11fe0fed2115b569c05e89c03894a96ec"
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 1091 (2021-2022) — Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program may receive a contribution

Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program may receive a contribution for up to an additional ten years, to a maximum of fifty years; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1091&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1091A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1091A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- STEC — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.158
- **2021-01-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-22** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1091A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-28** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2239A
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.81
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** SIGNED CHAP.400 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4531ad1-8a38-404e-b2de-a3c267260ece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).