---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association of Nassau county"
description: "Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association of Nassau county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8285"
citation: "New York S 8285 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-06"
last_action: "2020-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6052bf60-ef5b-49a7-9eda-1145d589315e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8285"
source_hash: "401861c60e31337dc51ebfe5d6a46297444a9a02f876f7c62eb30f7fb9d580b9"
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 8285 (2019-2020) — Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association of Nassau county

Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association of Nassau county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8285&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.737
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10383
- **2020-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.123
- **2020-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-09-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-21** SIGNED CHAP.196 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6052bf60-ef5b-49a7-9eda-1145d589315e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).