New York A 11028: Relates to presumptions for injured workers in opioid overdose claims for compensation

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A11028 Summary:

BILL NOA11028 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09882

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §207-r, Gen Muni L

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Provides for a line of duty presumption for disabilities of deputy sheriffs in a city with a population of one million or more.

Go to top A11028 Actions:

BILL NOA11028 

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04/23/2026referred to governmental employees

05/28/2026reported referred to ways and means

06/03/2026reported referred to rules

06/03/2026reported 

06/03/2026rules report cal.424

06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.424

06/03/2026substituted by s9882

&nbspS09882 AMEND= JACKSON

&nbsp04/10/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

&nbsp05/19/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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

&nbsp06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1499

&nbsp06/01/2026HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/01/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/03/2026substituted for a11028

&nbsp06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.424

&nbsp06/03/2026home rule request

&nbsp06/03/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/03/2026returned to senate

Go to topA11028 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:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:31/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanExcused

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA11028 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA11028 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11028

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 23, 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 general municipal law, in relation to disabilities
 of deputy sheriffs in certain cities

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

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 207-r to read as follows:
 3 § 207-r. Disabilities of deputy sheriff members of a retirement system
 4 in certain cities. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general,
 5 special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, but except
 6 for the purposes of the workers' compensation law and the labor law, any
 7 condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart,
 8 resulting in total or partial disability or death to a paid employee
 9 performing the duties of a deputy sheriff in the sheriff's department of
 10 a city of one million or more, where such employee is drawn from compet-
 11 itive civil service lists, who successfully passed a physical examina-
 12 tion on entry into the service of such department, which examination
 13 failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive
 14 evidence that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty,
 15 unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
 16 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a deputy sheriff member
 17 retiring pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of this section
 18 shall receive a pension equal to three-fourths of such member's final
 19