Bill Commons

NY S 6406

in committee

Allows beneficiaries of certain deceased members to elect to receive death benefits in a lump sum

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6406 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6406 is in committee as of 2026-01-09 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-09): PRINT NUMBER 6406A

What is NY S 6406 about?

Allows a beneficiary of a member whose death occurs on or after July 1, 2026 and who would have been entitled to a service credit at the time of such member's death to elect to receive a lump sum payment equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of such member's death.

Who sponsors NY S 6406?

Robert Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY S 6406, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Allows a beneficiary of a member whose death occurs on or after July 1, 2026 and who would have been entitled to a service credit at the time of such member's death to elect to receive a lump sum payment equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of such member's death.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-09 — PRINT NUMBER 6406A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert Jacksonprimary
  • Pete Harckhamcosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor
  • Mark Walczykcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-09

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-09

    PRINT NUMBER 6406A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8400not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 8408not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5849not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 10843

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6406?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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