---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service to $35,000"
description: "Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2020 and thereafter to $35,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1866"
citation: "New York S 1866 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7caf655-3852-4fdb-b46e-6c23d300c624"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1866"
source_hash: "63a0b13c36e4dbbf0d34583e694a41aad7d121aa12b21780d449b5d8ebb11e31"
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 1866 (2019-2020) — Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service to $35,000

Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2020 and thereafter to $35,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1866** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1866&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S1866A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1866A)
3. **S1866B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1866B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- FUNKE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** PRINT NUMBER 1866A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 1866B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1286
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2858B
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.106
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.589 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7caf655-3852-4fdb-b46e-6c23d300c624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).