---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes David Edwards to receive certain service credit under a twenty-five year retirement plan"
description: "Authorizes David Edwards to receive certain service credit under a twenty-five year retirement plan offering one-sixtieths after twenty-five years of total creditable service for service with the Binghamton Fire Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 7915"
citation: "New York A 7915 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Lupardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-11"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7533540-2ccd-4f04-bed1-9a86c8482e17"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7915"
source_hash: "1216ea07be591353892c2e9a69be6f2d1b731dbfbb2151b997cccba5917b5ab1"
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 7915 (2025-2026) — Authorizes David Edwards to receive certain service credit under a twenty-five year retirement plan

Authorizes David Edwards to receive certain service credit under a twenty-five year retirement plan offering one-sixtieths after twenty-five years of total creditable service for service with the Binghamton Fire Department.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7915&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donna Lupardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.521
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.521
- **2025-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7758
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1904
- **2025-06-12** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7533540-2ccd-4f04-bed1-9a86c8482e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).