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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits"
+description: "Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 6641"
+citation: "New York S 6641 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-03-19"
+last_action: "2025-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1cd254f-db36-46fd-9d1f-9e97b2b9dea2"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6641"
+source_hash: "5bcf4008ced74a294bec8cb519f70cc7cb101ca359f5b468b399aceabe8982bd"
+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 6641 (2025-2026) — Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits
+
+Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6641** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6641&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S6641A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6641A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Civil Service And Pensions Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
+- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-19** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** PRINT NUMBER 6641A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.950
+- **2025-05-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-05-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8655
+- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.477
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-18** SIGNED CHAP.151 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1cd254f-db36-46fd-9d1f-9e97b2b9dea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+