New York A 10149: Provides a heart disease presumption for certain members employed as probation officers

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A10149 Summary:

BILL NOA10149 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08945

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §607-m, R & SS L

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Provides a heart disease presumption for members employed as a probation officer, supervising probation officer or probation officer trainee of a department of probation in a city with a population of one million or more.

Go to top A10149 Actions:

BILL NOA10149 

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02/12/2026referred to governmental employees

05/28/2026reported referred to ways and means

06/02/2026reported referred to rules

06/02/2026reported 

06/02/2026rules report cal.355

06/02/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.355

06/02/2026substituted by s8945

&nbspS08945 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp01/20/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1481

&nbsp06/01/2026HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/01/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/02/2026substituted for a10149

&nbsp06/02/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.355

&nbsp06/02/2026home rule request

&nbsp06/02/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/02/2026returned to senate

Go to topA10149 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/28/2026AYE/NAY:14/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

FallAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/02/2026AYE/NAY:30/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickNayFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAbsent

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/02/2026AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesExcusedGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanExcused

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA10149 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10149 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10149

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing a heart disease presumption for certain members employed as
 probation officers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new section 607-m to read as follows:
 3 § 607-m. Disabilities of probation officers in certain cases. 1.
 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or
 5 administrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the
 6 workers' compensation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment
 7 of health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in total or partial
 8 disability or death to a person performing the duties of a probation
 9 officer, supervising probation officer or probation officer trainee the
 10 department of probation in a city with a population of one million or
 11 more, who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such
 12 service or subsequent thereto, which examination failed to reveal any
 13 evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that it was
 14 incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary
 15 be proved by competent evidence.
 16 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a probation officer,
 17 supervising probation officer or prob