---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to compelling family reasons and the continuance of unemployment benefits"
description: "Relates to the continuance of unemployment benefits for an individual who provides child care where reasonable efforts to secure alternative child care have been made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2623"
citation: "New York S 2623 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACKSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2be159b6-fd88-47af-bbfa-96b186f5e657"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2623"
source_hash: "00daf2254e331440f77af127f30f21b7b0f99f759ce98e6fde6b78904a0b041e"
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 2623 (2021-2022) — Relates to compelling family reasons and the continuance of unemployment benefits

Relates to the continuance of unemployment benefits for an individual who provides child care where reasonable efforts to secure alternative child care have been made.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2623&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Labor Vote — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **103–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.361
- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-09** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6080
- **2021-03-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.189
- **2021-03-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.772 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2be159b6-fd88-47af-bbfa-96b186f5e657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).