---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides a special accidental death benefit to the parents of certain deceased members under certain conditions"
description: "Provides a special accidental death benefit to the parents of a deceased member if such member has no spouse or child under the age of eighteen or twenty-three if a student."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9085"
citation: "New York S 9085 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVINO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-09"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/963225c4-3422-4776-ad36-a62d73b74ab6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9085"
source_hash: "71dceeb1aef99159cb77bfa806b86a3cf619037cec0fd7be67edc3686db460d6"
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 9085 (2021-2022) — Provides a special accidental death benefit to the parents of certain deceased members under certain conditions

Provides a special accidental death benefit to the parents of a deceased member if such member has no spouse or child under the age of eighteen or twenty-three if a student.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9085&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAVINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-09** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1910
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10466
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.772
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.782 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/963225c4-3422-4776-ad36-a62d73b74ab6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).