---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing certain members of the New York city police pension fund to receive a membership date in such pension fund attributable to service in certain cadet titles"
description: "Relates to allowing certain members of the New York city police pension fund to receive a membership date in such pension fund attributable to service in the titles of police cadet program or police cadet program II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5903"
citation: "New York S 5903 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac543d59-0635-4927-8197-12c6fa4a1a6f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5903"
source_hash: "bd40bc295d90b6879bee7b4d89981bc0594a86d988f8688ac0c31900f7a76e56"
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 5903 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing certain members of the New York city police pension fund to receive a membership date in such pension fund attributable to service in certain cadet titles

Relates to allowing certain members of the New York city police pension fund to receive a membership date in such pension fund attributable to service in the titles of police cadet program or police cadet program II.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5903&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5903A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5903A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 5903A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1699
- **2019-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7620A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.653
- **2019-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.431 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac543d59-0635-4927-8197-12c6fa4a1a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).