Senate Bill S4300

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel job protection

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §207-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4767
2015-2016: S1775
2017-2018: S2237
2019-2020: S5007
2021-2022: S5466
2023-2024: S6834

2025-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Forbids employers from terminating an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker responding to an emergency service call.

2025-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4300
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to volunteer firefighters and
   emergency medical services personnel job protection
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 207-b to
 read as follows:
   § 207-B. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND AMBULANCE WORKER JOB PROTECTION. 1.
 IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY EMPLOYER OR SUCH EMPLOYER'S DULY AUTHORIZED
 AGENT TO DISCHARGE OR  IN  ANY  OTHER  MANNER  DISCRIMINATE  AGAINST  AN
 EMPLOYEE  AS TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO AN EMER-
 GENCY WHEN ACTING AS A  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTER  OR  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE
 WORKER.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTER  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS'  BENEFIT
 LAW; AND
   (B)  VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE  WORKERS'
 BENEFIT LAW.
   3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY"
 SHALL MEAN:
   (A) WHEN A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER PARTICIPATES IN NECESSARY TRAVEL  TO,
 WORKING  AT,  AND NECESSARY TRAVEL RETURNING FROM A FIRE, ALARM OF FIRE,
 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENT OR  OTHER  EMERGENCY  TO  WHICH  THEIR  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT,  FIRE  COMPANY,  ANY  UNIT  THEREOF, EITHER HAS RESPONDED OR
 WOULD BE REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED TO RESPOND, INCLUDING  NECESSARY  TRAVEL
 DURING SUCH WORK OR INCIDENTAL THERETO; OR
   (B) WHEN A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER PARTICIPATES IN NECESSARY TRAVEL
 TO,  WORKING  AT, AND NECESSARY TRAVEL RETURNING FROM AN ACCIDENT, ALARM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08047-01-5

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