---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the county of Columbia to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Theodore Blank, a deputy sheriff employed by such county"
description: "Authorizes the county of Columbia to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Theodore Blank, a deputy sheriff employed by such county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4404"
citation: "New York S 4404 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JORDAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-12-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27401e6f-5308-43ad-82da-620864569661"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4404"
source_hash: "0ef93225234b7146eb07c0f1400e727f5ef51e53e62aeda0a99ec4def0b77bf6"
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 4404 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the county of Columbia to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Theodore Blank, a deputy sheriff employed by such county

Authorizes the county of Columbia to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Theodore Blank, a deputy sheriff employed by such county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4404&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JORDAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1333
- **2021-06-02** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4675
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.551
- **2021-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-29** SIGNED CHAP.811 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27401e6f-5308-43ad-82da-620864569661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).