---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore"
description: "Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6788"
citation: "New York S 6788 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela Helming"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-10"
last_action: "2023-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a647c698-3ca1-435c-94c9-ab7a86c5fae5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6788"
source_hash: "17778124f46ac9bcfb0da232f5922b62255d9e04ea4910dd33c2c39f62f2efd3"
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 6788 (2023-2024) — Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore

Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6788** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6788&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela Helming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-10** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1396
- **2023-06-05** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6706
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.826
- **2023-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.665 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a647c698-3ca1-435c-94c9-ab7a86c5fae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).