New York Senate Bill 921

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Pending: Senate 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.

Sen. Jeremy Cooney [D]	Sen. Nathalia Fernandez [D]	Sen. Andrew Gounardes [D]	Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton [D]
Sen. Lea Webb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO LABOR
2023-12-08	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 921A
2023-12-08	Senate	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
2023-01-09	Senate	REFERRED TO LABOR

A08991 (Same As) 2024-03-06 - print number 8991a

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S921
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S00921&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S00921
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S00921&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S00921A