---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to service rendered by investigators and sworn officers of the waterfront commission of New York harbor"
description: "Relates to including service rendered by investigators and sworn officers of the waterfront commission of New York harbor in the 20 year retirement plan for officers of the state police; adds investigators and sworn officers to the definition of police officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7559"
citation: "New York S 7559 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-06-06"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1914a58c-415d-4d49-a1c4-77a4fa14b225"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7559"
source_hash: "8e83119f0b6f69b0ea8f58ca516fa66e6dfadcd587764c6c9f5e0b0eeb17a3f0"
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 7559 (2023-2024) — Relates to service rendered by investigators and sworn officers of the waterfront commission of New York harbor

Relates to including service rendered by investigators and sworn officers of the waterfront commission of New York harbor in the 20 year retirement plan for officers of the state police; adds investigators and sworn officers to the definition of police officer.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7559&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1830
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7689
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.857
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.187 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1914a58c-415d-4d49-a1c4-77a4fa14b225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).