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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing an increased death benefit for the survivors of Theodore Raffel"
description: "Relates to providing an increased death benefit for the survivors of Theodore Raffel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5505"
citation: "New York S 5505 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVALLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db2f93a-7edb-44eb-acc7-dd63f8a05eab"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5505"
source_hash: "efb2274012fda8c7076f3e017e7809276ffccc5be71adf647e1f5076ae6d2572"
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 5505 (2017-2018) — Relates to providing an increased death benefit for the survivors of Theodore Raffel
Relates to providing an increased death benefit for the survivors of Theodore Raffel.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S5505 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5505&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5505 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5505)
## Votes
- Rules Vote — **240** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **1450** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **630** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- LAVALLE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-04** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1487
- **2017-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7069
- **2017-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.648
- **2017-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.437 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2db2f93a-7edb-44eb-acc7-dd63f8a05eab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).