---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the minimum qualifications to serve as a fire chief in any fire department, fire district or fire protection district that employs six or more paid firefighters"
description: "Relates to the minimum qualifications to serve as a fire chief in any fire department, fire district or fire protection district that employs six or more paid firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6524"
citation: "New York S 6524 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-14"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ecf39e-2d15-4146-b51c-94e1f291cc3c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6524"
source_hash: "98fb95406827ca81c78521587ed68dda3eba9a23f2c492d46203e697191e3eba"
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 6524 (2019-2020) — Relates to the minimum qualifications to serve as a fire chief in any fire department, fire district or fire protection district that employs six or more paid firefighters

Relates to the minimum qualifications to serve as a fire chief in any fire department, fire district or fire protection district that employs six or more paid firefighters.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6524&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1650
- **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 A8341
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.571
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.678 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98ecf39e-2d15-4146-b51c-94e1f291cc3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).