---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts East Syracuse Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership"
description: "Exempts East Syracuse Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6870"
citation: "New York A 6870 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83e967a9-3b6e-4ec4-9cb8-e465222ae294"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6870"
source_hash: "0958a03c053790fd2e2698c314d0e57f15d03dd7fa9191ffebe54b231939c0b2"
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 6870 (2019-2020) — Exempts East Syracuse Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership

Exempts East Syracuse Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A6870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6870&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-22** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** REPORTED
- **2019-04-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.172
- **2019-04-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-08** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4517
- **2019-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.560
- **2019-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.276 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83e967a9-3b6e-4ec4-9cb8-e465222ae294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).