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Assembly Bill A688

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2025-A688 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4675
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §156, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9053, S7675
2023-2024: A1533, S3190

2025-A688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Empowers the office of fire prevention and control to, in coordination with the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the chief disability officer, provide minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters.

2025-A688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    688
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON,  DeSTEFANO,  EPSTEIN,  HEVESI,
   PHEFFER AMATO, SAYEGH, SIMON -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to providing minimum
   basic training related  to  handling  emergency  situations  involving
   individuals  with  any physical and/or developmental disability to all
   firefighters
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Section 156 of the executive law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 23 to read as follows:
   23. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF  THIS
 SECTION,  IN COORDINATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
 WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  AND  THE  CHIEF  DISABILITY  OFFICER,
 PROVIDE  MINIMUM BASIC TRAINING RELATED TO HANDLING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
 INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY PHYSICAL AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITY
 TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS, BOTH PAID AND VOLUNTEER. THE OFFICE SHALL ADOPT ALL
 NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO SUCH TRAINING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02082-01-5

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