---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in a certain county"
description: "Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in counties with a population of more than 735,000 but less than 750,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6676"
citation: "New York S 6676 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROUK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-11"
last_action: "2021-12-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/762c0fed-5800-4d15-b81c-e736fe0cf981"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6676"
source_hash: "6050b6665bec71eb024db40c95174b973e8e4606c92301505b9b8fec03ccf2fc"
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 6676 (2021-2022) — Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in a certain county

Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in counties with a population of more than 735,000 but less than 750,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6676** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6676&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6676A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6676A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROUK — primary (person)
- RATH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-11** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** PRINT NUMBER 6676A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1567
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7644A
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.616
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-01** SIGNED CHAP.652 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/762c0fed-5800-4d15-b81c-e736fe0cf981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).