---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending the period of time to file an application for an accidental death benefit"
description: "Extends the period of time to file an application for an accidental death benefit after the death of a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and local police and fire retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6313"
citation: "New York S 6313 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2019-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1ac3a19-675c-4338-8ebf-dff746dacae8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6313"
source_hash: "82d215cef2fe33748e2628b960532dc75549e1349a915fe86eff5ddfbf3dafd6"
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 6313 (2019-2020) — Relates to extending the period of time to file an application for an accidental death benefit

Extends the period of time to file an application for an accidental death benefit after the death of a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6313&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1445
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7892
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.200
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-11** SIGNED CHAP.253 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1ac3a19-675c-4338-8ebf-dff746dacae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).