---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes David Goodman to apply for retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system"
description: "Authorizes David Goodman to apply for retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5691"
citation: "New York S 5691 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRIFFO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2732c53b-77e9-4828-be24-5fe3c940a6a9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5691"
source_hash: "850569d5900648d5d558fbb5ff285442c273422aa480ccd14e8b319eef0f8d04"
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 5691 (2021-2022) — Authorizes David Goodman to apply for retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

Authorizes David Goodman to apply for retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5691** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5691&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- GRIFFO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1453
- **2021-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6670
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.587
- **2021-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.538 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2732c53b-77e9-4828-be24-5fe3c940a6a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).