---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Jaime Laczko to elect to participate in the optional 25 year retirement plan for forest rangers"
description: "Authorizes Jaime Laczko to elect to participate in the optional 25 year retirement plan for forest rangers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5544"
citation: "New York S 5544 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEC"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/794703b4-35bd-4001-8950-0c140663e910"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5544"
source_hash: "45ceef0b052c4060413fd0db735edc438faf7f18b12d94a980e489d74e139127"
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 5544 (2021-2022) — Authorizes Jaime Laczko to elect to participate in the optional 25 year retirement plan for forest rangers

Authorizes Jaime Laczko to elect to participate in the optional 25 year retirement plan for forest rangers.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5544)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STEC — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1345
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7964
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.694
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.708 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/794703b4-35bd-4001-8950-0c140663e910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).