---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the county of Rockland to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Matthew Donovan, a deputy sheriff employed by such county"
description: "Authorizes the county of Rockland to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Matthew Donovan, a deputy sheriff employed by such county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8208"
citation: "New York S 8208 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Weber"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-21"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/066dc55b-88e0-404f-9e41-bf084d21670a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8208"
source_hash: "379cd0794302d325187fec78c81e425c75f846969853656b5d9af02ca05babf8"
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 8208 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the county of Rockland to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Matthew Donovan, a deputy sheriff employed by such county

Authorizes the county of Rockland to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Matthew Donovan, a deputy sheriff employed by such county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8208&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S8208A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8208A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02** PRINT NUMBER 8208A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1857
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8610A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.841
- **2025-06-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.566 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/066dc55b-88e0-404f-9e41-bf084d21670a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).