---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the granting of retirement service credit in the optional twenty year retirement plan to Duane A. Palma for service as a correction officer"
description: "Authorizes the granting of retirement service credit in the optional twenty year retirement plan to Duane A. Palma for service as a correction officer at the Monroe county sheriff's office jail bureau."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6279"
citation: "New York A 6279 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry B. Bronson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba95103-f713-40ec-8c5c-44ef58a2c113"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6279"
source_hash: "694c3a1e01225e18af9da94e58a48047cba31cf1a4dce27c6a9c3441657f79bb"
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 A 6279 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the granting of retirement service credit in the optional twenty year retirement plan to Duane A. Palma for service as a correction officer

Authorizes the granting of retirement service credit in the optional twenty year retirement plan to Duane A. Palma for service as a correction officer at the Monroe county sheriff's office jail bureau.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6279&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harry B. Bronson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.441
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.441
- **2025-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7054
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1828
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.520 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba95103-f713-40ec-8c5c-44ef58a2c113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).