S 6648

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.

Enacts the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation act.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-6648

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee Finance

Senate in_committee 2026-01-07

Summary

Enacts the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation act which requires businesses who have increased their profits due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to deposit five percent of gross profits into a fund to be used by the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation task force to make awards to essential employees and families of essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.

Sponsor

James Sanders Jr.

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2025-03-19	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-01-07	Status	in_committee
2026-01-07	Latest Action	In Senate Committee

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