---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency"
description: "Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8251"
citation: "New York S 8251 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-04-27"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a342c13-8a4c-472f-bb12-d7bded02fc51"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8251"
source_hash: "29a8a07ee7c2a40974b11ab67d0fb2aeccb277eaa81f5891fea2f13666fd9a92"
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 8251 (2019-2020) — Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency

Relates to the determination of points for service award programs for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers during a state disaster emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8251&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8251A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8251A)
3. **S8251B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8251B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote - Version: B — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-27** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 8251A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8251B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.653
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10438A
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.40
- **2020-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** SIGNED CHAP.113 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a342c13-8a4c-472f-bb12-d7bded02fc51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).