---
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).