---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the transfer of board of education employees to the teachers' retirement system of the city of New York"
description: "Provides for the transfer of New York City board of education employees to the teachers' retirement system of the city of New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8855"
citation: "New York S 8855 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-21"
last_action: "2024-12-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67d0164f-a687-4bb9-9ed1-fbdc329778da"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8855"
source_hash: "3028bb2dfa8c6686fb33d0b156c7ce6bff4c75a5bc7ad42aed7faacb5cf1063f"
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 8855 (2023-2024) — Relates to the transfer of board of education employees to the teachers' retirement system of the city of New York

Provides for the transfer of New York City board of education employees to the teachers' retirement system of the city of New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8855&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Jackson — primary (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-21** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1656
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9646
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.351
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-11** SIGNED CHAP.551 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67d0164f-a687-4bb9-9ed1-fbdc329778da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).