Establishes 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, 2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Assembly Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 29, 2021
Signed Mar 12, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2021 · Assembly Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
60–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 61
Mar 1, 2021
D
Democratic42
97% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 12, 2021
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.78
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Peter J. Abbate, Jr.
DDemocratic
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