Senate Bill S906

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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-S906 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 606 of 2006
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5419
2021-2022: S2973
2023-2024: S1176

2025-S906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.

2025-S906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    906
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HARCKHAM,  ASHBY, MARTINEZ, MAY, RHOADS, ROLISON,
   WEBER, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
   committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN  ACT to amend chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the volunteer
   firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a presumption relating
   to certain lung disabilities incurred by  volunteer  firefighters,  in
   relation to making such provisions permanent
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending  the
 volunteer  firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a presumption
 relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by  volunteer  firefight-
 ers,  as  amended  by  section  1 of item BB of subpart B of part XXX of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire  and  be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2025].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00387-01-5

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