---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing that spouses who voluntarily separate from employment to accompany a spouse who is the subject of a military transfer shall be eligible for unemployment benefits"
description: "Provides that spouses who voluntarily separate from employment to accompany a spouse who is the subject of a military transfer shall be eligible for unemployment benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3623"
citation: "New York S 3623 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-30"
last_action: "2021-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d38081e-f2b8-47de-9f0a-97eb785a48a9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3623"
source_hash: "cb80589ba01dfd850c7486768e98f1371a6fa9e5e94cd83afc022fd682a285a4"
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 3623 (2021-2022) — Relates to providing that spouses who voluntarily separate from employment to accompany a spouse who is the subject of a military transfer shall be eligible for unemployment benefits

Provides that spouses who voluntarily separate from employment to accompany a spouse who is the subject of a military transfer shall be eligible for unemployment benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3623&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Labor Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ORTT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-30** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.366
- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-12** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7514
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.480
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.610 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d38081e-f2b8-47de-9f0a-97eb785a48a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).