---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"9/11 notice act\""
description: "Enacts the \"9/11 notice act\"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2946"
citation: "New York S 2946 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eba0e0b5-35dd-4c74-a1f8-a1da08db984f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2946"
source_hash: "eb24156039d02ba581c2210a74cfcebe0a2d229575b69887a36227b22f19badd"
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 2946 (2023-2024) — Enacts the "9/11 notice act"

Enacts the "9/11 notice act"; provides for notice to past and present employees of eligibility for the September eleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2946&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S2946A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2946A)
3. **S2946B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2946B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Consumer Protection Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** PRINT NUMBER 2946A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 2946B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1634
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A75B
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.666
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-11** SIGNED CHAP.364 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eba0e0b5-35dd-4c74-a1f8-a1da08db984f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).