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S3111 • 2025

Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school

Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school

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Sponsor
Pamela Helming
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school

Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school Permits the principal of any high school to allow any local fire department, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of fire department junior recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.

What This Bill Does

  • Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school Permits the principal of any high school to allow any local fire department, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of fire department junior recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  4. 2026-02-03 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-01-29 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-01-28 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.172

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  10. 2025-06-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-06-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-06-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  13. 2025-02-24 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-02-12 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-02-11 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.310

  16. 2025-01-23 Senate

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

Permits schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school
Permits the principal of any high school to allow any local fire department, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of fire department junior recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          3111

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 23, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. HELMING, BROUK, JACKSON, STEC, TEDISCO -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Education

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting schools to
          allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation  in  a  high
          school

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

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  807-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 807-E. FIRE DEPARTMENT RECRUITMENT. THE PRINCIPAL OF ANY HIGH SCHOOL
     4  MAY  ALLOW  ANY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, UPON REQUEST, TO ENTER THE SCHOOL
     5  FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT JUNIOR  RECRUITMENT,  INCLUDING,  BUT
     6  NOT  LIMITED  TO:  MAKING  PRESENTATIONS;  DISSEMINATING LITERATURE; AND
     7  ANSWERING QUESTIONS BY STUDENTS.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
     9  the date on which it shall have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07188-01-5