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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to labor |
| Feb 21, 2023 |
print number 3487a |
| Feb 21, 2023 |
amend (t) and recommit to labor |
| Feb 03, 2023 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A3487A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DESTEFANO
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Jodi Giglio
Marjorie Byrnes
John Lemondes
Doug Smith
2023-A3487 - Details
2023-A3487 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3487
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2023
___________
Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO, J. A. GIGLIO, BRABENEC, BYRNES,
LEMONDES, SMITH, MIKULIN, MANKTELOW, ANGELINO, J. M. GIGLIO -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to excluding firefighters
and their operational members from the permissive use of marijuana
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3 of the cannabis law is amended by adding two new
subdivisions 25-a and 25-b to read as follows:
25-A. "EXEMPT FIRE AGENCY" MEANS A FIRE DEPARTMENT OF A CITY, MUNICI-
PALITY, VILLAGE, TOWN OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISION THAT PROVIDES
FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OR OTHER SAFETY SENSITIVE TASKS TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC SAFETY TO A COMMUNITY.
25-B. "EXEMPT EMPLOYEE" MEANS AN EMPLOYEE, PAID OR UNPAID, OF AN
EXEMPT FIRE AGENCY WHOSE WORK RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TASKS THAT IMPACT THE
SAFETY OF A MITIGATION EFFORT OR THE SAFETY OF OTHER EMPLOYEES. ACTIV-
ITIES MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, DRIVING AND OPERATING
FIRE APPARATUS, OPERATING IN IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE ATMOSPHERES,
ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING HOSE LINES, PERFORMING ALL MANNER OF RESCUE
ACTIVITIES, AND DELIVERING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO THE SICK OR
INJURED.
§ 2. Section 127 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 7 to read as follows:
7. (A) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSURING THE SAFETY OF OTHER FIREFIGHTERS,
THE PUBLIC AND THE PROTECTION OF THEIR GREATER COMMUNITY, THIS SECTION
SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN EXEMPT EMPLOYEE OF AN EXEMPTED FIRE AGENCY. ADDI-
TIONALLY, AN EXEMPT FIRE AGENCY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE
MEASURES TO BE ASSURED THERE IS NO RISK OF CANNABIS IMPAIRMENT OF ITS
EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PREEMPLOYMENT TESTING,
RANDOM DRUG TESTS AND TESTING FOR CAUSE FOR THE PRESENCE OF EVIDENCE OF
CANNABIS USE BY THE MEMBER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT FEDERAL STANDARDS.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08003-01-3
co-Sponsors
Jodi Giglio
Marjorie Byrnes
John Lemondes
Doug Smith
multi-Sponsors
Edward Flood
2023-A3487A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A3487A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3487--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2023
___________
Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO, J. A. GIGLIO, BYRNES, LEMONDES, SMITH,
MIKULIN, MANKTELOW, ANGELINO, J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to excluding volunteer
firefighters and emergency medical services employees from the permis-
sive use of marijuana
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3 of the cannabis law is amended by adding two new
subdivisions 25-a and 25-b to read as follows:
25-A. "EXEMPT FIRE AGENCY" MEANS A FIRE DEPARTMENT OF A CITY, MUNICI-
PALITY, VILLAGE, TOWN OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISION THAT PROVIDES
FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OR OTHER SAFETY SENSITIVE TASKS TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC SAFETY TO A COMMUNITY.
25-B. "EXEMPT EMPLOYEE" MEANS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR AN EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE OF AN EXEMPT FIRE AGENCY WHOSE WORK RESPONSI-
BILITIES ARE TASKS THAT IMPACT THE SAFETY OF A MITIGATION EFFORT OR THE
SAFETY OF OTHER EMPLOYEES. ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
LIMITED TO, DRIVING AND OPERATING FIRE APPARATUS, OPERATING IN IMME-
DIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE ATMOSPHERES, ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING HOSE
LINES, PERFORMING ALL MANNER OF RESCUE ACTIVITIES, AND DELIVERING EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL CARE TO THE SICK OR INJURED.
§ 2. Section 127 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 7 to read as follows:
7. (A) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSURING THE SAFETY OF OTHER VOLUNTEER FIRE-
FIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES, THE PUBLIC AND THE
PROTECTION OF THEIR GREATER COMMUNITY, THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO
AN EXEMPT EMPLOYEE OF AN EXEMPTED FIRE AGENCY. ADDITIONALLY, AN EXEMPT
FIRE AGENCY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE MEASURES TO BE
ASSURED THERE IS NO RISK OF CANNABIS IMPAIRMENT OF ITS EXEMPT EMPLOYEES,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08003-02-3
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I don’t understand what the difference is between cannabis and alcohol. But yet alcohol is welcomed in every aspect of the volunteer fire service. The argument that volunteers have no set shift would apply just as well to alcohol, but yet apparently that doesn’t matter.