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S7316 • 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

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
Michelle Hinchey
Last action
2026-06-01
Official status
Passed Assembly
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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

  1. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A8008

  2. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.298

  3. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  4. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  5. 2026-05-18 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  6. 2026-05-18 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. 2026-05-18 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  8. 2026-04-27 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  9. 2026-04-22 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  10. 2026-04-21 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.762

  11. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  12. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  13. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  14. 2025-06-10 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  15. 2025-06-10 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1768

  16. 2025-06-10 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  17. 2025-06-10 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  18. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

  19. 2025-04-09 Senate

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7316

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 9, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. HINCHEY, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        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