---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of members of the New York city fire department"
description: "Provides for health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of deceased active members of the New York city fire department who are enrolled in a health insurance plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5678"
citation: "New York S 5678 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4912c0c-aa3c-4431-b776-5c01d7893255"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5678"
source_hash: "ac11f5a90bc00b219de86da83fdb0a816e5e01a0939b664e5c2b5cc85a405e0f"
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 5678 (2023-2024) — Relates to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of members of the New York city fire department

Provides for health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of deceased active members of the New York city fire department who are enrolled in a health insurance plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5678&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13** REFERRED TO CITIES 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1808
- **2023-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7414
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.839
- **2023-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.706 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4912c0c-aa3c-4431-b776-5c01d7893255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).