New York Assembly Bill 8991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-06 - print number 8991a
Pending: Assembly Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: on or after January first, two thousand twenty-six shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.

Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: on or after January first, two thousand twenty-six shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.

Asm. Harry Bronson [D]	Asm. Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas [D]	Asm. Juan Ardila [D]	Asm. Steven Raga [D]
Asm. Nikki Lucas [D]	Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]	Asm. Sarah Clark [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-06	Assembly	print number 8991a
2024-03-06	Assembly	amend and recommit to labor
2024-02-01	Assembly	referred to labor

S00921 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO LABOR

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8991
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08991&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08991
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08991&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08991A