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A07424 Summary:
BILL NO | A07424A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S07259-A, SAME AS S07830, SAME AS A08431 |
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SPONSOR | Davila |
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COSPNSR | Taylor, Simpson, Maher, Lupardo, Peoples-Stokes, Goodell |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto. |
A07424 Actions:
BILL NO | A07424A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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05/19/2023 | referred to social services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2023 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2023 | amend and recommit to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2023 | print number 7424a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2023 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | rules report cal.479 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.479 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S7259A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | 3RD READING CAL.1545 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/13/2023 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2023 | vetoed memo.62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2023 | tabled |
A07424 Committee Votes:
Davila | Aye | Maher | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Goodell | Aye | ||||||
Solages | Aye | Simpson | Aye | ||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | Beephan | Aye | ||||||
Eichenstein | Aye | Chang | Aye | ||||||
Reyes | Aye | ||||||||
Forrest | Aye | ||||||||
Gonzalez-Rojas | Aye | ||||||||
De Los Santos | Aye | ||||||||
Ardila | Aye | ||||||||
Simone | Aye | ||||||||
Raga | Aye | ||||||||
Lee | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Weprin | Aye | Walsh | Aye | ||||||
Ramos | Aye | DeStefano | Aye | ||||||
Braunstein | Aye | Manktelow | Aye | ||||||
McDonald | Aye | Smullen | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | Reilly | Aye | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
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A07424 Floor Votes:
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
ER
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chang
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes ‡
Conrad
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
ER
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
ER
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
ER
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Morinello
ER
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
ER
Fall
Yes
Joyner
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes ‡
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A07424 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7424--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA, TAYLOR, SIMPSON, MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT establishing a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto; and providing for the repeal of such provision upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) There is hereby established a fiscal cliff task force 2 to study fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and 3 make recommendations on how to reduce and eliminate such fiscal cliffs. 4 For the purposes of this section, the term "fiscal cliff" shall mean a 5 sudden decrease in public benefits that can occur with a small increase 6 in earnings. 7 (b) (i) The task force shall consist of nineteen members, each to 8 serve for a term ending December 31, 2025. Such members shall be 9 appointed as follows: two members shall be appointed by the temporary 10 president of the senate; one member shall be appointed by the minority 11 leader of the senate; two members shall be appointed by the speaker of 12 the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of 13 the assembly; five members shall be appointed by the governor; three 14 local social services district commissioners or their designees having 15 relevant experience in administering public benefits shall be appointed 16 by the governor, of which one district shall have five million or more 17 inhabitants; the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability 18 assistance or his or her designee; the commissioner of health or his or 19 her designee; the commissioner of taxation and finance or his or her 20 designee; the commissioner of the department of labor or his or her EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10565-05-3A. 7424--A 2 1 designee; the commissioner of the office of children and family services 2 or his or her designee. Appointments shall be made within sixty days of 3 the effective date of this section. Vacancies in the task force shall be 4 filled in the manner provided for original appointments. 5 (ii) All appointments shall be coordinated to ensure geographic repre- 6 sentation from the entire state. 7 (iii) The task force shall elect a chair, vice-chair, and other neces- 8 sary officers from among all appointed members. 9 (iv) A majority of the members of the task force then in office shall 10 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of 11 any power or function of the task force. An act, determination or deci- 12 sion of the majority of the members present during the presence of a 13 quorum shall be held to be the act, determination, or decision of the 14 task force. 15 (v) The task force shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the 16 chair. Meetings may be held via teleconference. Special meetings may be 17 called by the chair at the request of a majority of the members of the 18 task force. 19 (vi) Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their 20 services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in 21 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force. 22 (c) The task force shall: 23 (i) conduct a study on the fiscal cliffs in the state. Such study 24 shall include, but not be limited to: public assistance programs; the 25 supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP); the home energy 26 assistance program (HEAP); housing assistance; the child care tax credit 27 and other tax credits; the school tax relief program (STAR) and other 28 real property tax credits and reductions; Medicaid; NY state of health, 29 the official health plan marketplace; child care subsidies tied to 30 income; cash benefits; effective tax rates; and any other program or 31 service provided by the state or any political subdivision thereof which 32 is tied to income; 33 (ii) study the causes and reasons why fiscal cliffs occur to individ- 34 uals on public benefits, including but not limited to, the impact of 35 current public assistance programs monetary allotments, asset tests, 36 asset limits, and income disregards, as well as how minimum wage and 37 other earnings may impact those receiving public benefits; and 38 (iii) recommend ways to reduce and/or eliminate fiscal cliffs includ- 39 ing, but not limited to, recommending program and policy modifications, 40 amendments to the law, including but not limited to possible changes in 41 calculating and paying the earned income tax credit or other tax cred- 42 its, changes to the New York codes, rules and regulations, and any other 43 recommendation the task force deems appropriate. 44 (d) The task force may, as it deems appropriate, request that studies, 45 surveys, or analyses relating to the task force's powers and duties be 46 performed by any state department, commission, agency or public authori- 47 ty. All state departments, commissions, agencies or public authorities 48 shall provide information and advice in a timely manner and otherwise 49 assist the task force with its work. 50 (e) The office of temporary and disability assistance shall provide 51 staff services to the task force and such other administrative assist- 52 ance as may be necessary for the task force to carry out its duties, 53 functions and powers. 54 (f) The task force shall make a preliminary report to the governor and 55 the legislature of its findings, conclusions, recommendations and activ- 56 ities already undertaken by the task force, not later than January 1,A. 7424--A 3 1 2025, and a final report of its findings, conclusions, recommendations 2 and activities already undertaken by the task force, not later than 3 September 1, 2025 and shall submit with its reports legislative 4 proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire three 6 years after it shall have become a law when upon such date the 7 provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.