---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits surviving spouses of certain retirement plan members to retain certain benefits upon remarriage"
description: "Permits surviving spouses of NYC police pension fund members to retain accidental death benefits upon remarriage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7314"
citation: "New York S 7314 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-04-09"
last_action: "2025-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eff68f8-ffe0-4cd2-8b8e-d20b28fa0ff3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7314"
source_hash: "8eed1219c537d294892bec727033140b11e426c8e5c53524b25e0c14508d9fed"
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 7314 (2025-2026) — Permits surviving spouses of certain retirement plan members to retain certain benefits upon remarriage

Permits surviving spouses of NYC police pension fund members to retain accidental death benefits upon remarriage.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7314&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7314A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7314A)
3. **S7314B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7314B)
4. **S7314C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7314C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote - Version: C — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: C — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Jackson — primary (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-09** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** PRINT NUMBER 7314A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 7314B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 7314C `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** 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.2001
- **2025-06-13** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **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 A7949A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.817
- **2025-06-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.642 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eff68f8-ffe0-4cd2-8b8e-d20b28fa0ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).