---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts the Ardsley Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership"
description: "Exempts the Ardsley Volunteer Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9316"
citation: "New York S 9316 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEWART-COUSINS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-13"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95dbb29-bedd-4d40-beaf-ea9626b52d31"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9316"
source_hash: "5f126e2b0d2138a04d951667a367a223233e8b6d1bdec3280ac8ad5b4c573c41"
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 9316 (2021-2022) — Exempts the Ardsley Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership

Exempts the Ardsley Volunteer Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9316&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S9316A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S9316A)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- STEWART-COUSINS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-13** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 9316A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1597
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10418A
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.510
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.350 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b95dbb29-bedd-4d40-beaf-ea9626b52d31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).