---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incorporates the East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent Association, and provides for its powers and duties"
description: "Incorporates the East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent Association; provides for its powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6702"
citation: "New York S 6702 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RATH"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-12"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba9960a4-42bf-4106-af05-880157209d2e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6702"
source_hash: "952fdd0b3f860d07a422b306f9a5704592e084fe5d555c9cccffd8f3c93372bb"
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 6702 (2021-2022) — Incorporates the East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent Association, and provides for its powers and duties

Incorporates the East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent Association; provides for its powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6702&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- RATH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1569
- **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 A7645
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.617
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.378 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba9960a4-42bf-4106-af05-880157209d2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).