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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits"
+description: "Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits; increases the special accidental death benefit paid to a widow or widower or the deceased member's children under the age of eighteen, or if a student, under the age of twenty-three."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 4079"
+citation: "New York A 4079 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["JOYNER"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-01"
+last_action: "2019-10-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b96e4ce-f7ec-4296-88ea-09847f2400af"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4079"
+source_hash: "e7df2cf42e4e7e7691dbdc785fc9adeb2a186a49ac8723c37c73660c61bbf0ee"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 4079 (2019-2020) — Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits
+
+Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits; increases the special accidental death benefit paid to a widow or widower or the deceased member's children under the age of eighteen, or if a student, under the age of twenty-three.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4079&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A4079A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4079A)
+3. **A4079B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4079B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **135–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- JOYNER — primary (person)
+- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
+- BARNWELL — cosponsor (person)
+- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
+- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
+- BRABENEC — cosponsor (person)
+- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
+- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
+- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
+- COOK — cosponsor (person)
+- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
+- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)
+- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
+- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
+- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
+- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
+- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
+- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
+- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
+- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
+- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
+- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
+- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
+- LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
+- LENTOL — cosponsor (person)
+- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
+- MIKULIN — cosponsor (person)
+- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
+- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
+- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
+- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
+- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
+- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- QUART — cosponsor (person)
+- RA — cosponsor (person)
+- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
+- TAGUE — cosponsor (person)
+- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
+- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
+- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
+- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-01** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-02-07** PRINT NUMBER 4079A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-17** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-17** PRINT NUMBER 4079B `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-05** REPORTED
+- **2019-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.76
+- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.76
+- **2019-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3168B
+- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1679
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-10-22** SIGNED CHAP.382 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b96e4ce-f7ec-4296-88ea-09847f2400af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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