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NY S 6401

in committee

Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6401 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6401 is in committee as of 2026-03-20 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-20): PRINT NUMBER 6401A

What is NY S 6401 about?

Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction; establishes that the beneficiaries of a member who would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of such member's death may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable which shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of such member's death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.

Who sponsors NY S 6401?

Robert Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY S 6401.

Description

Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction; establishes that the beneficiaries of a member who would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of such member's death may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable which shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of such member's death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-20 — PRINT NUMBER 6401A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert Jacksonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-08

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-03-20

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  5. 2026-03-20

    PRINT NUMBER 6401A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Civil Service And Pensions Vote

    2025-04-08 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6132not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6404not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6308not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7335

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6401?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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