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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk county"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6796"
citation: "New York S 6796 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-17"
last_action: "2021-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/139c1b4f-cb9e-4bd6-bc6d-e2fc7db30140"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6796"
source_hash: "28a0b055384111221e1085a8b9bdf0628872d28125d0be1fa37d417767e89ae2"
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 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](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6796&term=2021&Text=Y)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/139c1b4f-cb9e-4bd6-bc6d-e2fc7db30140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).