---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the submission date for a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention"
description: "Relates to the submission date for a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention and to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8658"
citation: "New York S 8658 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-28"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35a3807-a2f3-4a46-8070-14a3a4c76f2e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8658"
source_hash: "cd56d49dd453fcd472e8b4e1d23d0cdd7e9be04568f5a909a69fbb15e35c2b5c"
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 8658 (2021-2022) — Relates to the submission date for a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention

Relates to the submission date for a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention and to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8658** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8658&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-28** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.743
- **2022-03-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-03-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9597
- **2022-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.630
- **2022-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.335 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e35a3807-a2f3-4a46-8070-14a3a4c76f2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).