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NY S 6648

in committee

Enacts the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6648 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6648 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 6648 about?

Enacts the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation act which requires businesses who have increased their profits due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to deposit five percent of gross profits into a fund to be used by the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation task force to make awards to essential employees and families of essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.

Who sponsors NY S 6648?

James Sanders Jr. is the primary sponsor of NY S 6648.

Description

Enacts the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation act which requires businesses who have increased their profits due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to deposit five percent of gross profits into a fund to be used by the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation task force to make awards to essential employees and families of essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Sanders Jr.primary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-19

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8449not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6007not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4623not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6648?summary=&detail=

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