Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 29, 2021 |
signed chap.526 |
Oct 18, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.666 substituted for a6424 |
Jun 10, 2021 |
substituted by s661 |
Jun 09, 2021 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.666 rules report cal.666 reported reported referred to rules |
Jun 07, 2021 |
reference changed to ways and means |
Mar 17, 2021 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A6424
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S661 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Victor M. Pichardo
N. Nick Perry
2021-A6424 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A6424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6424 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 17, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, PICHARDO, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing a claim-filing opportunity for the widows and dependents of workers who died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to diesel exhaust THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the Nigro act". § 2. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 16-a to read as follows: § 16-A. DEATH BENEFITS DUE TO DIESEL EXPOSURE. WHERE DEATH IS DUE IN WHOLE OR PART TO ANY CANCER RESULTING FROM A HAZARDOUS EXPOSURE TO DIESEL EXHAUST, A CLAIM FOR DEATH BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE DISALLOWED AS BARRED BY SECTION EIGHTEEN OR SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE IF SUCH CLAIM IS FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH CLAIMS MAY BE FILED AFTER SUCH PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION EIGHTEEN AND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04662-01-1
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