---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the office of fire prevention and control to establish the New York state rural ambulance services task force"
description: "Authorizes the department of health to establish the New York state rural ambulance services task force; requires such task force to conduct a study on the unique challenges faced by New York state ambulance services in rural areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3503"
citation: "New York S 3503 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6ecc3bf-f6d0-4110-9408-6cb0f2e37281"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3503"
source_hash: "e75686d1446e5cea6869d9c7878f77b06b7700989a4eb6ec41bb22f0d4d287f2"
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 3503 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the office of fire prevention and control to establish the New York state rural ambulance services task force

Authorizes the department of health to establish the New York state rural ambulance services task force; requires such task force to conduct a study on the unique challenges faced by New York state ambulance services in rural areas.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3503&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S3503A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S3503A)
3. **S3503B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S3503B)
4. **S3503C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S3503C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: C — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)
- AKSHAR — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- STEC — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** PRINT NUMBER 3503A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** PRINT NUMBER 3503B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** PRINT NUMBER 3503C `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1061
- **2021-05-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1561C
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.292
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.778 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6ecc3bf-f6d0-4110-9408-6cb0f2e37281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).