---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes retroactive tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice"
description: "Authorizes retroactive Tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7240"
citation: "New York S 7240 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RATH"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-08"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a429cd-4d88-4e11-9863-fe778f2269d2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7240"
source_hash: "23d56b38cbdd5131efd9489bba6ae66abb5aeb7bc9d0dc048eb6abc05be59e02"
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 7240 (2021-2022) — Authorizes retroactive tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice

Authorizes retroactive Tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7240&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7240A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7240A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RATH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 7240A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1650
- **2022-06-01** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8025A
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.697
- **2022-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.770 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10a429cd-4d88-4e11-9863-fe778f2269d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).