---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the city of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, to offer police officer Samuel Kenan Jr. an optional 20 year retirement plan"
description: "Authorizes the city of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, to offer police officer Samuel Kenan Jr. an optional 20 year retirement plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4135"
citation: "New York S 4135 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/935db243-7e8a-46b7-a698-d4a987b47856"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4135"
source_hash: "59ab4d849489b8ef7e14eb538c6e224d9109dcf63177a3d0016a8739121a5928"
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 4135 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the city of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, to offer police officer Samuel Kenan Jr. an optional 20 year retirement plan

Authorizes the city of Newburgh, in the county of Orange, to offer police officer Samuel Kenan Jr. an optional 20 year retirement plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4135&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4135A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4135A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 4135A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1546
- **2019-06-18** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7014A
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.455
- **2019-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.636 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/935db243-7e8a-46b7-a698-d4a987b47856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).