New York S 8420: Relates to establishing a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presumption for public employee death benefits

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S08420 Summary:

BILL NOS08420A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08887-B

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §396-b, Gen Bus L

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Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.

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BILL NOS08420A

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06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/10/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES

06/10/2025PRINT NUMBER 8420A

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2028

06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

06/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/13/2025referred to ways and means

06/13/2025substituted for a8887b

06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.701

06/17/2025passed assembly

06/17/2025returned to senate

12/01/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

12/11/2025SIGNED CHAP.617

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DATE:06/17/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 92/49ER 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

Yes 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

No &#8225

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

No 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

ER 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Levenberg 

No 

Pirozzolo 

No 

Smullen 

No 

Bailey 

No 

Chang 

No 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

No 

Chludzinski 

Yes &#8225

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lunsford 

No 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes &#8225

Barrett 

Yes 

Clark 

No 

Giglio 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

No 

Beephan 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Glick 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

No 

Bendett 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Maher 

Yes &#8225

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Cook 

No 

Gray 

ER 

Mamdani 

No 

Reilly 

ER 

Tannousis 

ER 

Berger 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Griffin 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

ER 

Cunningham 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

No 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hevesi 

No &#8225

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

No 

Blumencranz 

ER 

Davila 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Rozic 

No 

Vanel 

Yes 

Bores 

No 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Hyndman 

No 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

No 

Brabenec 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Miller 

Yes 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

No &#8225

DiPietro 

No 

Jensen 

No 

Molitor 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

No 

Brook-Krasny 

No 

Durso 

Yes 

Jones 

No 

Morinello 

No 

Sempolinski 

Yes &#8225

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kassay 

No 

Norber 

ER 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

No 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

No 

Kay 

No 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

ER 

Epstein 

Yes 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shrestha 

Yes 

Yeger 

Yes 

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

No 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lasher 

No 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

No 

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

No 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8420--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer

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

 1 Section 1. Section 396-b of the general business law, as added by
 2 chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 396-b. Advertisements. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following m