---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows a duly appointed personal representative of the estate of a victim of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks to file a claim with the September eleventh victim compensation fund"
description: "Allows a duly appointed personal representative of the estate of a victim of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks to file a claim with the September eleventh victim compensation fund without being in violation of any restriction on the powers granted to the personal representative relating to the filing of a claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7426"
citation: "New York A 7426 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABBATE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-07"
last_action: "2022-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e8a9a27-9291-4ddd-a42f-84b5f406cd40"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7426"
source_hash: "dc0360e4d6a74c2ff76386b0c632086685eeed809d84c8559c8c0d10dd3d09ec"
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 7426 (2021-2022) — Allows a duly appointed personal representative of the estate of a victim of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks to file a claim with the September eleventh victim compensation fund

Allows a duly appointed personal representative of the estate of a victim of the September eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks to file a claim with the September eleventh victim compensation fund without being in violation of any restriction on the powers granted to the personal representative relating to the filing of a claim.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7426&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ABBATE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** REPORTED
- **2022-05-16** RULES REPORT CAL.196
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.196
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6812
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1181
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-09-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-09-09** SIGNED CHAP.558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e8a9a27-9291-4ddd-a42f-84b5f406cd40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).