New York A 4943: Relates to prohibiting the sale or distribution of expanded polystyrene containers that are designed or intended to be used for cold storage

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A04943 Summary:

BILL NOA04943A

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SAME ASSAME AS S03557-A

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRSantabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§63-j & 605-h, R & SS L

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Provides a heart disease presumption for correction officers, correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisors.

Go to top A04943 Actions:

BILL NOA04943A

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02/10/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

01/27/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

01/27/2026print number 4943a

03/10/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA04943 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:03/10/2026AYE/NAY:13/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

FallAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAbsent

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA04943 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA04943 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4943--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing a heart disease presumption for correction officers,
 correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol
 supervisors

 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 63-j to read as follows:
 3 § 63-j. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding any
 4 provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to the
 5 contrary, any member who is a correction officer, correction supervisor,
 6 deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisor who is a
 7 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system and
 8 contracts any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of
 9 the heart, resulting in disability or death to such correction officer,
 10 correction supervisor, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol
 11 supervisor, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such disa-
 12 bility while so employed, shall be presumptive evidence that such disa-
 13 bility was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the
 14 natural and proximate result of an accident, unless the contrary be
 15 proved by competent evidence; provided, however, that prior to entry
 16 into service, such correction officer, correction supervisor, deputy
 17 sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisor successfully passed a
 18 physical examination which failed to disclose evidence of any disease or
 19 other impairment of the heart.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01281-04-6

 A. 4943--A 2

 1 § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 605-h to read as follows:
 3 § 605-h. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding
 4 any provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to
 5 the contrary, any member who is a correction officer, correction super-
 6 visor, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisor who is
 7 a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system
 8 and contracts any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases
 9 of the heart, resulting in disability or death to such correction offi-
 10 cer, correction supervisor, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff
 11 patrol supervisor, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such
 12 disability while so employed, shall be presumptive evidence that such
 13 disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the
 14 natural and proximate result of an a