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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-8275.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to suspending the forfeiture of unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 state of emergency"
+description: "Suspends the forfeiture of unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 state of emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 8275"
+citation: "New York S 8275 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MARTINEZ"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-05-01"
+last_action: "2020-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3ea53a6-e9b5-40ca-97a0-15136487b20c"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8275"
+source_hash: "61ae787c746027d038ba471948f9824eed7cbda23a491679dc6948612e02f795"
+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 S 8275 (2019-2020) — Relates to suspending the forfeiture of unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 state of emergency
+
+Suspends the forfeiture of unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 state of emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8275&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S8275A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8275A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **97–46** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **15–4** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MARTINEZ — primary (person)
+- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
+- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
+- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
+- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
+- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
+- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
+- LIU — cosponsor (person)
+- MAY — cosponsor (person)
+- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
+- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-05-01** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8275A `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.654
+- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10348A
+- **2020-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.35
+- **2020-05-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-13** SIGNED CHAP.97 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3ea53a6-e9b5-40ca-97a0-15136487b20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+