republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-6796.md

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Bill	Relates to death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk county	Provides that where a deputy sheriff would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of his or her death, the beneficiary may elect to receive an amount equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of his or her death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 6796	New York S 6796 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	BROOKS	1	13	3	2021-05-17	2021-10-29	openstates	ocd-bill/139c1b4f-cb9e-4bd6-bc6d-e2fc7db30140	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6796	28a0b055384111221e1085a8b9bdf0628872d28125d0be1fa37d417767e89ae2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 6796 (2021-2022) — Relates to death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk county

Provides that where a deputy sheriff would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit at the time of his or her death, the beneficiary may elect to receive an amount equal to the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of his or her death, or the value of the death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.

Version chain

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

1. S6796 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 149–0 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 63–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BROOKS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-17 REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1751
• 2021-06-10 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-10 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-06-10 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 SUBSTITUTED FOR A7620
• 2021-06-10 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.726
• 2021-06-10 HOME RULE REQUEST
• 2021-06-10 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-06-10 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2021-10-18 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-10-29 SIGNED CHAP.543 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/139c1b4f-cb9e-4bd6-bc6d-e2fc7db30140. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).