---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as an emergency rescue and first aid squad"
description: "Designates the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as an emergency rescue and first aid squad; permits such members to display green lights on motor vehicles when engaged in emergency operation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7493"
citation: "New York A 7493 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-07"
last_action: "2020-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb1a7373-ec87-4c31-9b16-9f78d40b69af"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7493"
source_hash: "6156f96b68f2ea127a981ec55deeada24557173882de081aba1cc0bbee4c443d"
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 7493 (2019-2020) — Designates the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as an emergency rescue and first aid squad

Designates the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as an emergency rescue and first aid squad; permits such members to display green lights on motor vehicles when engaged in emergency operation.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7493&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-07** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** REPORTED
- **2019-06-18** RULES REPORT CAL.507
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.507
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.272
- **2020-02-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-10** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5571
- **2020-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.684
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.147 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb1a7373-ec87-4c31-9b16-9f78d40b69af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).