---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes certain police officers to receive certain service credit under section 384 of the retirement and social security law"
description: "Authorizes Christopher R. Sniffen and Cody N. Whittaker to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8216"
citation: "New York S 8216 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEWARD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-04-22"
last_action: "2020-11-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966b1a59-cc2f-45c2-bb24-127a09460d3a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8216"
source_hash: "afaf94db0c67f324cabb0f2371c84254d42b6166776fea4ed5c3828d9f76bad2"
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 8216 (2019-2020) — Authorizes certain police officers to receive certain service credit under section 384 of the retirement and social security law

Authorizes Christopher R. Sniffen and Cody N. Whittaker to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8216&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8216A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8216A)

## Votes

- Finance Vote - Version: A — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SEWARD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-22** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-01** PRINT NUMBER 8216A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.895
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8483A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.313
- **2020-07-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-11-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-27** SIGNED CHAP.302 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966b1a59-cc2f-45c2-bb24-127a09460d3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).