---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the death benefit provided in the third year following retirement for certain members of the New York state teachers' retirement system"
description: "Relates to the death benefit provided in the third year following retirement for certain members of the New York state teachers' retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6618"
citation: "New York S 6618 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-10"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1134c3fc-6cff-4426-90b9-3b9932866990"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6618"
source_hash: "9ed74463dc2d786344ddb8bb24bec7ef641da960205b29dcbb1f58b4740d6647"
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 6618 (2021-2022) — Relates to the death benefit provided in the third year following retirement for certain members of the New York state teachers' retirement system

Relates to the death benefit provided in the third year following retirement for certain members of the New York state teachers' retirement system.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6618&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1400
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7182
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.464
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.376 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1134c3fc-6cff-4426-90b9-3b9932866990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).