---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Westbury"
description: "Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Westbury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8299"
citation: "New York A 8299 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-20"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841313e7-2377-4dd9-935c-88cdd313d97e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8299"
source_hash: "4ccee7d2edb33c4b01e957d0b7cd2cd0697a58f5eedad29d049abc832c23419b"
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 8299 (2021-2022) — Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Westbury

Relates to the Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Westbury.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8299&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A8299A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8299A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-20** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** PRINT NUMBER 8299A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** REPORTED
- **2022-05-16** RULES REPORT CAL.204
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.204
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8022A
- **2022-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.781
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.514 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/841313e7-2377-4dd9-935c-88cdd313d97e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).