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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jul 08, 2020 |
print number 4631a |
| Jul 08, 2020 |
amend and recommit to local government |
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to local government returned to senate died in assembly |
| Jun 20, 2019 |
referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1817 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| May 06, 2019 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Mar 18, 2019 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4631A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2019-S4631 - Details
2019-S4631 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4631
SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit
law and the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to
updating benefits and modernizing coverage for services provided in the
line of duty
PURPOSE:
This legislation updates and modernizes certain provisions of law relat-
ing to the volunteer fire service. The purpose of the legislation is to
more accurately reflect current emergency response practices and to
bring the state of the law for volunteers into greater parity with other
segments of the response community.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the volunteer firefighters' benefit law (VFBL) to
provide a weekly benefit of $650 for volunteers that sustain total
permanent disability or partial permanent disability while in the line
2019-S4631 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4631
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 18, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun-
teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to updating benefits
and modernizing coverage for services provided in the line of duty
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The volunteer firefighters' benefit law is amended by
adding a new section 9-a to read as follows:
§ 9-A. TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR INJURIES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHT
OR NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE CASE OF TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY AND
PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY WHEN THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, SAID
FIREFIGHTER SHALL RECEIVE SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER WEEK DURING THE
CONTINUANCE THEREOF.
§ 2. The volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law is amended by adding
a new section 9-a to read as follows:
§ 9-A. TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR INJURIES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHT
OR NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE CASE OF TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY AND
PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY WHEN THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER IS
INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE-
TEEN, SAID AMBULANCE WORKER SHALL RECEIVE SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER
WEEK DURING THE CONTINUANCE THEREOF.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00193-01-9
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2019-S4631A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S4631A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4631a
SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun-
teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to updating benefits
and modernizing coverage for services provided in the line of duty
PURPOSE:
This legislation updates and modernizes certain provisions of law relat-
ing to the volunteer fire service. The purpose of the legislation is to
more accurately reflect current emergency response practices and to
bring the state of the law for volunteers into greater parity with other
segments of the response community.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the volunteer firefighters' benefit law (VFBL) to
provide a weekly benefit of $650 for volunteers that sustain total
2019-S4631A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4631--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 18, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, GRIFFO, BROOKS, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, HELMING,
KAPLAN, MARTINEZ, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun-
teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to updating benefits
and modernizing coverage for services provided in the line of duty
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The volunteer firefighters' benefit law is amended by
adding a new section 9-a to read as follows:
§ 9-A. TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR INJURIES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHT
OR NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE CASE OF TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY AND
PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY WHEN THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, SAID
FIREFIGHTER SHALL RECEIVE SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER WEEK DURING THE
CONTINUANCE THEREOF.
§ 2. The volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law is amended by adding
a new section 9-a to read as follows:
§ 9-A. TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR INJURIES ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHT
OR NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE CASE OF TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY AND
PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY WHEN THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER IS
INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-ONE, SAID AMBULANCE WORKER SHALL RECEIVE SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS
PER WEEK DURING THE CONTINUANCE THEREOF.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00193-04-0
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