---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of fire protection inspectors of the New York city fire department"
description: "Provides health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of fire protection inspectors of the New York city fire department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8649"
citation: "New York S 8649 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/991b1086-6005-4c44-ab49-3cca743b5328"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8649"
source_hash: "8546af90fc2aa30e62955740891cf8dc9faca9eeabf3ee4da39b464aa9c2b65c"
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 8649 (2023-2024) — Relates to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of fire protection inspectors of the New York city fire department

Provides health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of fire protection inspectors of the New York city fire department.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8649** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8649&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Cities 1 Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** REFERRED TO CITIES 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.973
- **2024-05-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9399
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.628
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.584 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/991b1086-6005-4c44-ab49-3cca743b5328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).