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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-9812.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes beneficiaries to choose pension benefits or a death benefit in certain circumstances"
+description: "Authorizes beneficiaries to choose pension benefits or a death benefit in certain circumstances; provides for the benefit if multiple beneficiaries cannot agree."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 9812"
+citation: "New York S 9812 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-05-31"
+last_action: "2024-12-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d95ca3b-4e6b-4af2-854b-b40cd23c63b0"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9812"
+source_hash: "9f66cceaf743f34085f9a9f7b243f8597d50a249ac5f067dae394d81f8f5d49c"
+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 9812 (2023-2024) — Authorizes beneficiaries to choose pension benefits or a death benefit in certain circumstances
+
+Authorizes beneficiaries to choose pension benefits or a death benefit in certain circumstances; provides for the benefit if multiple beneficiaries cannot agree.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S9812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9812&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S9812A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S9812A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Skoufis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-31** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 9812A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-06-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1745
+- **2024-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10570
+- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.555
+- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.593 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d95ca3b-4e6b-4af2-854b-b40cd23c63b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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