---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county"
description: "Provides for accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6731"
citation: "New York A 6731 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Stern"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63421f4-e813-49e9-a807-3b8ea005a8e7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6731"
source_hash: "c2f58a66793bc0d251522b9c8fbbd25961c364d6eab49c61553ce25da7299c30"
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 A 6731 (2023-2024) — Provides for accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county

Provides for accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6731&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Stern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** REPORTED
- **2023-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.536
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.536
- **2023-06-05** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6598
- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1815
- **2023-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f63421f4-e813-49e9-a807-3b8ea005a8e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).