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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8037: Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD

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 8037 is a bill introduced in the New York House on April 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD. Primary sponsor: Chris Eachus (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

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.

Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD by making their injury compensable if it cannot be shown, by a preponderance of evidence, that the PTSD was caused by factors unrelated to their occupation.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris EachusPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111

“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. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
  2. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Sources

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