---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to service awards for volunteer ambulance workers"
description: "Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program for volunteer ambulance workers may receive a contribution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7399"
citation: "New York S 7399 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-24"
last_action: "2022-11-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf618243-c0c2-4560-a427-725815669043"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7399"
source_hash: "c1e11c6df24a5e6e757c942b0fb8967e733f6f5421263b0008e6ef4d4f5be89d"
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 7399 (2021-2022) — Relates to service awards for volunteer ambulance workers

Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program for volunteer ambulance workers may receive a contribution.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7399&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7399A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7399A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- STEC — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-24** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** 1ST REPORT CAL.361
- **2022-02-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-02-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-04-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7399A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-02** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8328A
- **2022-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.390
- **2022-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-23** SIGNED CHAP.654 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf618243-c0c2-4560-a427-725815669043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).