---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership"
description: "Exempts the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 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: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1068"
citation: "New York S 1068 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Borrello"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fbbef83-75c4-4b46-ac65-06ad3a99700c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1068"
source_hash: "131c3e2ad3c02125c91228dcc5cac79e60c3c9232c7fd7634367c3be10697934"
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 1068 (2023-2024) — Exempts the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership

Exempts the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 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. **S1068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1068&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Borrello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.992
- **2023-05-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5361
- **2023-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.877
- **2023-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.424 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fbbef83-75c4-4b46-ac65-06ad3a99700c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).