Relates to establishing a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public employee death benefit
Summary
Establishes a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public employee death benefit for individuals who reported to their usual place of employment or an alternate worksite at the direction of their employer on or after March 1, 2020 and such individual contracted COVID-19 within 45 days of reporting to such workplace as confirmed by a laboratory test or by a licensed physician and such individual died on or before December 31, 2020.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
Assembly Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
May 2020
Introduced May 28, 2020
Signed May 30, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2020 · Assembly May 29, 2020
How they voted
60–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 61
May 28, 2020
D
Democratic39
100% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
2
May 30, 2020
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.89
upper
May 29, 2020
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (139-1-4)
assembly
May 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 28, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 28, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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