republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-4441.md

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Bill	Relates to death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk county	Provides an optional death benefit for correction officers employed by Suffolk county; allows the beneficiary to elect a lump sum amount which shall be 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, whichever is greater.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 4441	New York S 4441 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	GOUNARDES	1	14	3	2021-02-04	2021-10-29	openstates	ocd-bill/5abb43be-3b94-439a-937c-9f4d9e64b081	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4441	111a582c6e43d16c229ea27c97cfa9a0956f4641068af5da0ffea84a454f259c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 4441 (2021-2022) — Relates to death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk county

Provides an optional death benefit for correction officers employed by Suffolk county; allows the beneficiary to elect a lump sum amount which shall be 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, whichever is greater.

Version chain

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

1. S4441 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• GOUNARDES — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1689
• 2021-06-09 HOME RULE REQUEST
• 2021-06-09 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-09 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-06-09 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 SUBSTITUTED FOR A7905
• 2021-06-10 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.736
• 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.535 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5abb43be-3b94-439a-937c-9f4d9e64b081. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).