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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-4474.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces"
+description: "Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces on or after August 2, 1990."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 4474"
+citation: "New York A 4474 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-04"
+last_action: "2021-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87609135-8ca7-4d25-94e3-6eadff9f1845"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4474"
+source_hash: "e4b77a3ce0ea981459d0f3cc4beb667b36645a048ba9b728a473e94f852b7d8c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 4474 (2021-2022) — Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces
+
+Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces on or after August 2, 1990.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4474&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A4474A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4474A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- HUNTER — primary (person)
+- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 4474A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-02** REPORTED
+- **2021-06-02** RULES REPORT CAL.311
+- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.311
+- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6656A
+- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1790
+- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.729 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87609135-8ca7-4d25-94e3-6eadff9f1845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+