---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to additional member contributions for certain members under the age fifty-seven retirement program"
description: "Relates to additional member contributions for certain members under the age fifty-seven retirement program; provides that members holding certain titles who due to their age at the time of enrollment in the age fifty-seven retirement program will not obtain twenty-five years of service credit and therefore will not be eligible for a refund of their additional member contributions shall not be required to make additional member contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6097"
citation: "New York S 6097 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-29"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9799c0d-3f40-4cda-a67f-8eab7fe79a37"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6097"
source_hash: "16a954c5bee539741cc328a6e2207472b35a29a18400bb712392d706ab2a96cf"
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 6097 (2023-2024) — Relates to additional member contributions for certain members under the age fifty-seven retirement program

Relates to additional member contributions for certain members under the age fifty-seven retirement program; provides that members holding certain titles who due to their age at the time of enrollment in the age fifty-seven retirement program will not obtain twenty-five years of service credit and therefore will not be eligible for a refund of their additional member contributions shall not be required to make additional member contributions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6097** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6097&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1512
- **2023-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6651
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.792
- **2023-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.708 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9799c0d-3f40-4cda-a67f-8eab7fe79a37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).