---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requests for unclaimed life insurance benefits"
description: "Amends certain time frames for action by insurers relating to requests for unclaimed life insurance through the lost policy finder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3637"
citation: "New York S 3637 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fa497df-24cc-444d-b882-05c02c7c754e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3637"
source_hash: "d8132532aedb18cfb28a4787ee344fdfd11e4237cfcf773e9147130b6ac8db44"
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 3637 (2019-2020) — Relates to requests for unclaimed life insurance benefits

Amends certain time frames for action by insurers relating to requests for unclaimed life insurance through the lost policy finder.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3637&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.249
- **2019-03-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-14** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3075
- **2019-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.70
- **2019-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.468 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fa497df-24cc-444d-b882-05c02c7c754e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).