---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to disability benefits for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs"
description: "Relates to disability benefits for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4408"
citation: "New York S 4408 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a30940b-2fd3-4db0-aa76-d986735d6e0d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4408"
source_hash: "105fd1f2420094712ed0e3e7283ce76bcceb649602653030e4119b2fb539d7e4"
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 4408 (2021-2022) — Relates to disability benefits for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs

Relates to disability benefits for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4408&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1377
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6732
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.458
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.533 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a30940b-2fd3-4db0-aa76-d986735d6e0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).