---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the retirement of certain members employed in a participating Suffolk county fire district"
description: "Provides members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district with the eligibility to retire upon the completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7242"
citation: "New York S 7242 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/570fbc48-8fa0-4295-b5a0-f987d407e212"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7242"
source_hash: "53824ef8edd8c3e88131a7807b9e4c57b667e5624e67b04bdbe7366b756856bd"
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 7242 (2023-2024) — Relates to the retirement of certain members employed in a participating Suffolk county fire district

Provides members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district with the eligibility to retire upon the completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7242&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S7242A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S7242A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monica Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** PRINT NUMBER 7242A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1593
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7613
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.782
- **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.714 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/570fbc48-8fa0-4295-b5a0-f987d407e212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).