---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to World Trade Center benefits"
description: "Relates to filing timely notices of participation in World Trade Center rescue efforts for the purposes of receiving World Trade Center benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4554"
citation: "New York S 4554 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf19fa5c-154e-4343-baf7-53842190fa2e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4554"
source_hash: "521b421730d139e86678ec02d0be52b0bb6d463be5a9c71b8c5583e9acbbb0fa"
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 4554 (2025-2026) — Relates to World Trade Center benefits

Relates to filing timely notices of participation in World Trade Center rescue efforts for the purposes of receiving World Trade Center benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4554&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4554A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4554A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Cities 1 Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Roxanne J. Persaud — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** REFERRED TO CITIES 1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES 1 `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 4554A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1975
- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-13** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5458A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.790
- **2025-06-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-09-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-10** SIGNED CHAP.390 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf19fa5c-154e-4343-baf7-53842190fa2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).