---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to awards to spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty"
description: "Includes EMTs within provisions for awards to spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5706"
citation: "New York S 5706 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOLDEN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-04-26"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b108443f-c032-4145-89c6-433d95e5eac3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5706"
source_hash: "e3510bea0ea1bcd7600cde3cb4fb242df1400ca9e4937613fe83662f522d8301"
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 5706 (2017-2018) — Relates to awards to spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty

Includes EMTs within provisions for awards to spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5706 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5706&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5706 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5706)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–8** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Cities Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOLDEN — primary (person)
- AKSHAR — cosponsor (person)
- KLEIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-26** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2040
- **2017-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7603
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.607
- **2017-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.387 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b108443f-c032-4145-89c6-433d95e5eac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).