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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5898: Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5898 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive. Primary sponsor: Yudelka Tapia (Democratic). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 11, 2025): SUBSTITUTED BY S5083.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive provided such member is a state-paid judge or justice of the unified court system or a housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican 3 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Yudelka TapiaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse86
George AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Landon DaisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Scott GrayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse116
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Angelo MorinelloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse145
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SUBSTITUTED BY S5083
  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.439
  3. RULES REPORT CAL.439
  4. REPORTED
  5. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  7. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source