---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces"
description: "Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces on or after August 2, 1990."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4474"
citation: "New York A 4474 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87609135-8ca7-4d25-94e3-6eadff9f1845"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4474"
source_hash: "e4b77a3ce0ea981459d0f3cc4beb667b36645a048ba9b728a473e94f852b7d8c"
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 4474 (2021-2022) — Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces

Relates to creating an action for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by exposure to toxic burn pits while serving as a member of the armed forces on or after August 2, 1990.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4474&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A4474A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4474A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 4474A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED
- **2021-06-02** RULES REPORT CAL.311
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.311
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6656A
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1790
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.729 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87609135-8ca7-4d25-94e3-6eadff9f1845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).