A8008 • 2025

Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes

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Sponsor: Jen Lunsford
Last action: 2026-06-01
Official status: Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes

Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.

What This Bill Does

Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.

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Bill History

2026-06-01 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2026-06-01 Assembly
REPORTED
2026-06-01 Assembly
RULES REPORT CAL.298
2026-06-01 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.298
2026-06-01 Assembly
SUBSTITUTED BY S7316
2026-05-05 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
2026-03-10 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
2025-04-21 Assembly
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Official Summary Text

Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes
Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8008

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 21, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD, SLATER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments

        AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring the
          forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program
          to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  (m)  of section 217 of the general municipal
     2  law, as added by chapter 617 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (m) A participant who is convicted of the crime of arson in any degree
     5  as defined in the penal law OR ANY OTHER FELONY DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW
     6  WHERE  SUCH  CRIME  WAS  COMMITTED  AGAINST A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT,
     7  VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, FIRE DISTRICT, OR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT shall
     8  not be eligible to receive benefits from a  service  award  program  and
     9  shall  forfeit  any and all rights [he or she] SUCH PARTICIPANT may have
    10  had to past or future benefits pursuant to a service award program.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05037-01-5