---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to presumptive evidence for individuals who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations"
description: "Relates to presumptive evidence for individuals who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations; provides that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Trade Center Health Program Certification shall be deemed to be presumptive medical evidence of a causation of a qualifying condition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9922"
citation: "New York A 9922 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABBATE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-19"
last_action: "2022-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c729b7c9-4d6d-4c6e-8eab-860b092b1737"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9922"
source_hash: "8f6fe8b1a504f1f3875e379923af7ccbdc005c45732ff934274ad6738f69af83"
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 9922 (2021-2022) — Relates to presumptive evidence for individuals who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations

Relates to presumptive evidence for individuals who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations; provides that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Trade Center Health Program Certification shall be deemed to be presumptive medical evidence of a causation of a qualifying condition.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9922** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9922&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A9922A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A9922A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ABBATE — primary (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-19** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** PRINT NUMBER 9922A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** REPORTED
- **2022-05-31** RULES REPORT CAL.488
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.488
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9370
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1726
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-09-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-09-09** SIGNED CHAP.559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c729b7c9-4d6d-4c6e-8eab-860b092b1737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).