---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority"
description: "Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6806"
citation: "New York A 6806 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b5198b-a335-431c-a8ab-dad35594d067"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6806"
source_hash: "9518fa8eb4836d5b48eef9a093abbdc58b4ac66cf3de5dfd768ac4714c8e5b8c"
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 6806 (2023-2024) — Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority

Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6806** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6806&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** REPORTED
- **2023-05-30** RULES REPORT CAL.392
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.392
- **2023-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5495
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1675
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.675 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5b5198b-a335-431c-a8ab-dad35594d067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).