---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates an alternate method of compromising an award issued by the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (\"VCF\")"
description: "Provides that in the case of recovery of an award from the September 11th victim compensation fund consisting solely of non-economic losses, a personal representative may file a consent to the adequacy of the award by all interested parties in lieu of a compromise proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7425"
citation: "New York A 7425 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABBATE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-07"
last_action: "2022-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c33947-582a-4a62-82e0-9fddf5b7edc1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7425"
source_hash: "506db516891640f4d4ac787dcefc5408ac920e2ef72c8e97df2da60b89d4c637"
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 A 7425 (2021-2022) — Creates an alternate method of compromising an award issued by the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund ("VCF")

Provides that in the case of recovery of an award from the September 11th victim compensation fund consisting solely of non-economic losses, a personal representative may file a consent to the adequacy of the award by all interested parties in lieu of a compromise proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7425&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ABBATE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** REPORTED
- **2022-05-16** RULES REPORT CAL.195
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.195
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6810
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1180
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-09-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-09-09** SIGNED CHAP.557 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c33947-582a-4a62-82e0-9fddf5b7edc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).