NY S 9945
in committeeProtects the health insurance benefits of retirees of public employers and contributions of Medicare-eligible retirees of public employers
New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did NY S 9945 pass?
Not yet. NY S 9945 is in committee as of 2026-04-16 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-16): REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
What is NY S 9945 about?
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.
Who sponsors NY S 9945?
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. is the primary sponsor of NY S 9945, joined by 33 cosponsors.
Description
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-16 — REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.primary
- Jake Ashbycosponsor
- George Borrellocosponsor
- Erik Bottchercosponsor
- Siela Bynoecosponsor
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrickcosponsor
- Stephen T. Chancosponsor
- Cordell Clearecosponsor
- Leroy Comriecosponsor
- Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor
- Patrick M. Gallivancosponsor
- Kristen Gonzalezcosponsor
- Pete Harckhamcosponsor
- Pamela Helmingcosponsor
- Michelle Hincheycosponsor
- Andrew J. Lanzacosponsor
- John Liucosponsor
- Monica Martinezcosponsor
- Jack M. Martinscosponsor
- Dean Murraycosponsor
- Zellnor Myriecosponsor
- Peter Oberackercosponsor
- Anthony H. Palumbocosponsor
- Jessica Ramoscosponsor
- Steve Rhoadscosponsor
- Gustavo Riveracosponsor
- Robert Rolisoncosponsor
- Christopher Ryancosponsor
- Jessica Scarcella-Spantoncosponsor
- Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor
- José M. Serranocosponsor
- Toby Ann Staviskycosponsor
- Lea Webbcosponsor
- William Webercosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-04-16
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
referral-committee
Versions
- S9945Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Prior session: S 8388not in this corpus
- Prior session: S 3607not in this corpus
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 9945. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.