New York A 8655: Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits

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A08655 Summary:

BILL NOA08655 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06641-A

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRLee

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 208-f, Gen Muni L; amd 361-a, R & SS L

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Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members.

Go to top A08655 Actions:

BILL NOA08655 

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05/22/2025referred to governmental employees

05/28/2025reported referred to ways and means

06/04/2025reported referred to rules

06/06/2025reported 

06/06/2025rules report cal.477

06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.477

06/09/2025substituted by s6641a

&nbspS06641 AMEND=A GOUNARDES

&nbsp03/19/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp04/07/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp04/07/2025PRINT NUMBER 6641A

&nbsp05/06/20251ST REPORT CAL.950

&nbsp05/07/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/08/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/21/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/21/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/22/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp06/09/2025substituted for a8655

&nbsp06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.477

&nbsp06/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/09/2025returned to senate

&nbsp06/18/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp06/18/2025SIGNED CHAP.151

Go to topA08655 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:14/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

McDonaldAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAye

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/04/2025AYE/NAY:33/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosExcusedDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAbsent

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/06/2025AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliExcusedReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithExcused

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08655 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08655 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8655

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 22, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and social
 security law, in relation to increasing the special accidental death
 benefit of certain deceased members

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision c of section 208-f of the general municipal
 2 law, as amended by chapter 162 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 c. Commencing July first, two thousand [twenty-four] twenty-five the
 5 special accidental death benefit paid to a widow or widower or the
 6 deceased member's children under the age of eighteen or, if a student,
 7 under the age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has died, or to
 8 the deceased member's parents if the member has no widow, widower, chil-
 9 dren under the age of eighteen, or a student under the age of twenty-
 10 three, shall be escalated by adding thereto an additional percentage of
 11 the salary of the deceased member (as increased pursuant to subdivision
 12 b of this section) in accordance with the following schedule:

 13 calendar year of death
 14 of the deceased member per centum
 15 1977 or prior [301.2%] 313.2%
 16 1978 [289.5%] 301.2%
 17 1979 [278.2%] 289.5%
 18 1980 [267.1%] 278.2%
 19 1981 [256.5%] 267.1%
 20 1982 [246.1%] 256.5%
 21 1983 [236.0%] 2