---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to accidental disability retirement for uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system"
description: "Provides that uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system shall be entitled to accidental disability retirement if they sustain injuries as the result of a physical assault by an assailant suffered while in service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4008"
citation: "New York A 4008 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df15c0b6-df61-45d7-aa3d-915790c3a4bf"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4008"
source_hash: "85e99f6462a8f0696c7428dfe6360ea93d08b5d0e142ce2875c7dfc3bdf87afa"
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 4008 (2023-2024) — Relates to accidental disability retirement for uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system

Provides that uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system shall be entitled to accidental disability retirement if they sustain injuries as the result of a physical assault by an assailant suffered while in service.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4008** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4008&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.219
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.219
- **2023-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-24** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3492
- **2023-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1367
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.685 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df15c0b6-df61-45d7-aa3d-915790c3a4bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).