---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for special accidental death benefits for widows or widowers of certain deputy sheriff members of the New York city sheriff's department"
description: "Provides for special accidental death benefits for widows or widowers of certain deputy sheriff members of the New York city sheriff's department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6499"
citation: "New York A 6499 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-12"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e983a6-aeac-454a-a91e-71f3b0ecf06f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6499"
source_hash: "e32eb315deba1b2a0120cc3e63cbc4e4739ec78fc15939fa91e4a1fe28b9fdec"
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 6499 (2023-2024) — Provides for special accidental death benefits for widows or widowers of certain deputy sheriff members of the New York city sheriff's department

Provides for special accidental death benefits for widows or widowers of certain deputy sheriff members of the New York city sheriff's department.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6499&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-12** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** REPORTED
- **2023-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.524
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.524
- **2023-06-05** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6216
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1513
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.720 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7e983a6-aeac-454a-a91e-71f3b0ecf06f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).