---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the responsible party when the identity of the responsible insurance carrier cannot be determined"
description: "Requires the workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the responsible party when the identity of the responsible insurance carrier for the employer cannot be determined within thirty days of the filing of a new claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8726"
citation: "New York A 8726 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACOBSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d15485f-8698-4f79-88d8-3b3511f00cac"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8726"
source_hash: "cb1b4b857e9301f40125e51bd9ff2b4f88d20ae57162335ed9e6cfc76b05dc62"
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 8726 (2021-2022) — Requires the workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the responsible party when the identity of the responsible insurance carrier cannot be determined

Requires the workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured employers' fund as the responsible party when the identity of the responsible insurance carrier for the employer cannot be determined within thirty days of the filing of a new claim.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8726** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8726&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **47–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JACOBSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
- **2022-01-19** RULES REPORT CAL.21
- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.21
- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7785
- **2022-01-25** 3RD READING CAL.154
- **2022-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.35 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d15485f-8698-4f79-88d8-3b3511f00cac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).