---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to disabilities of certain retired firefighters caused by cancer"
description: "Relates to presumptive evidence of disability caused by cancer of firefighters who have been retired for five years or less."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5246"
citation: "New York S 5246 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-18"
last_action: "2019-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95ba3d5e-3dfd-4531-8c3d-2f6c164043d7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5246"
source_hash: "939c323086b8fd8ab3b4dcc15672b22da3f8e9e3e7fdbc0e32804e9e80176a2a"
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 S 5246 (2019-2020) — Relates to disabilities of certain retired firefighters caused by cancer

Relates to presumptive evidence of disability caused by cancer of firefighters who have been retired for five years or less.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5246&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5246A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5246A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- Cities Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- ORTT — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.847
- **2019-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5246A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7716A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.655
- **2019-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-11** SIGNED CHAP.250 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95ba3d5e-3dfd-4531-8c3d-2f6c164043d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).