New York 2025 Session Status: Passed Senate

S8945 — Provides a heart disease presumption for certain members employed as probation officers

Last action — Passed Assembly

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 20, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Assembly.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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In plain language

Establishes a presumption of heart disease for certain probation officers in large cities.

This bill grants a presumption of heart disease for probation officers, supervising probation officers, and trainees in cities with over a million people. It affects those members by recognizing heart disease as work-related for benefits purposes.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This means that if you are a probation officer in a large city and develop heart disease, it may be presumed to be work-related.

Summary

Provides a heart disease presumption for members employed as a probation officer, supervising probation officer or probation officer trainee of a department of probation in a city with a population of one million or more.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. RETURNED TO SENATE

  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY

  3. HOME RULE REQUEST

  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.355

  5. SUBSTITUTED FOR A10149

  6. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  7. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  8. PASSED SENATE

  9. HOME RULE REQUEST

  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1481

  11. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  12. REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does S8945 do?
Provides a heart disease presumption for members employed as a probation officer, supervising probation officer or probation officer trainee of a department of probation in a city with a population of one million or more.
Who sponsors S8945?
S8945 is sponsored by Robert Jackson.
What is the current status of S8945?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 20, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
Where can I track S8945?
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