---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the purposes of the South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association"
description: "Expands the purposes of the South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association to be to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who are injured, disabled or indigent; provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; promote and safeguard the welfare of the members of the corporation; enhance the morale of the members of the corporation by providing social and recreational activities for members of the association; and promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the South Salem Fire Department, Inc.; relates to certain foreign fire insurance premium taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6363"
citation: "New York S 6363 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/878fa1f4-a086-4748-9435-d9afae965c57"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6363"
source_hash: "371651f93c5b0bc1f30deb79e56941bafd808444b57ca036c0d874ae69f144ae"
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 6363 (2023-2024) — Expands the purposes of the South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association

Expands the purposes of the South Salem Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association to be to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who are injured, disabled or indigent; provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; promote and safeguard the welfare of the members of the corporation; enhance the morale of the members of the corporation by providing social and recreational activities for members of the association; and promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the South Salem Fire Department, Inc.; relates to certain foreign fire insurance premium taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6363&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6363A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6363A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-18** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 6363A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1579
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7247A
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.546
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.447 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/878fa1f4-a086-4748-9435-d9afae965c57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).