---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Shawn Coveny"
description: "Grants retroactive membership in Tier IV of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Shawn Coveny."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3594"
citation: "New York S 3594 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALLIVAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-30"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df9b7576-eb0e-4bf3-959f-28895736ba5e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3594"
source_hash: "62a19fb8fd8d5366776a6de7da621e2469a3d08d4044e23ddcb3610e9080a15a"
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 3594 (2021-2022) — Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Shawn Coveny

Grants retroactive membership in Tier IV of the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Shawn Coveny.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3594** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3594&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GALLIVAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-30** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1277
- **2021-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5577
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.564
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.703 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df9b7576-eb0e-4bf3-959f-28895736ba5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).