Assembly Actions -
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May 15, 2025 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S8074
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 5th Senate District
Current 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
2025-S8074 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §209-w, Gen Muni L; amd §158, Exec L
2025-S8074 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8074 SPONSOR: RHOADS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law and the executive law, in relation to battery storage fire training for firefighters PURPOSE: Establishes a battery storage fire training program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 209-w of the general municipal law, as amended by section 10 of part A of chapter 101 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local law, a basic fire training program and an approved battery storage training program for the temporary or probationary fire fighters and is awarded a certificate by the state fire administrator.
2025-S8074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8074 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- 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 and the executive law, in relation to battery storage fire training for firefighters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 209-w of the general municipal law, as amended by section 10 of part A of chapter 101 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local law or charter to the contrary, no person shall, after the effective date of regulations adopted by the state fire administrator pursuant to section one hundred fifty-eight of the executive law, receive an original appointment on a permanent basis as a fire fighter of any coun- ty, city, town, village, or fire district unless such person has previ- ously been awarded a certificate by the state fire administrator attest- ing to [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S satisfactory completion of an approved fire basic training program AND AN APPROVED BATTERY STORAGE FIRE TRAIN- ING PROGRAM; and every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as a fire fighter of any county, city, town, village or fire district shall forfeit [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S position as such unless [he or she] SUCH PERSON previously has satisfactorily completed, or within the time prescribed by regulations promulgated by the state fire administrator pursuant to section one hundred fifty-eight of the executive law, satis- factorily completes, a fire basic training program AND AN APPROVED BATTERY STORAGE FIRE TRAINING PROGRAM for temporary or probationary fire fighters and is awarded a certificate by the state fire administrator attesting thereto. § 2. Section 158 of the executive law, as added by section 28 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11738-01-5
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