---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits"
description: "Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6641"
citation: "New York S 6641 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1cd254f-db36-46fd-9d1f-9e97b2b9dea2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6641"
source_hash: "5bcf4008ced74a294bec8cb519f70cc7cb101ca359f5b468b399aceabe8982bd"
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 6641 (2025-2026) — Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits

Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6641** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6641&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S6641A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6641A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** PRINT NUMBER 6641A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.950
- **2025-05-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8655
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.477
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-18** SIGNED CHAP.151 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1cd254f-db36-46fd-9d1f-9e97b2b9dea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).