republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-4961.md

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Bill	Relates to including certain employees who were employed in public service for eligibility for those who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations	Relates to including certain employees who were employed in public service but became members of a retirement system at a later date for eligibility for those who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 4961	New York S 4961 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	GOUNARDES	3	16	4	2021-02-19	2021-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/83466978-c3a0-4cef-b969-8e259e47720e	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4961	263804e9127942750ec435462f534e20eed7379fdab5a6d98eda594bf8e9070b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 4961 (2021-2022) — Relates to including certain employees who were employed in public service for eligibility for those who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations

Relates to including certain employees who were employed in public service but became members of a retirement system at a later date for eligibility for those who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations.

Version chain

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

1. S4961 (committee substitute) — source
2. S4961A (committee substitute) — source
3. S4961B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Civil Service And Pensions Vote — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Rules Vote - Version: A — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: B — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 149–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• GOUNARDES — primary (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• MANNION — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS referral-committee
• 2021-03-22 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 PRINT NUMBER 4961A amendment-passage
• 2021-05-26 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-05-26 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1341
• 2021-06-02 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4961B amendment-passage
• 2021-06-07 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-07 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-06-07 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 SUBSTITUTED FOR A6384A
• 2021-06-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.582
• 2021-06-08 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-06-08 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2021-09-10 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-09-10 SIGNED CHAP.424 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83466978-c3a0-4cef-b969-8e259e47720e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).