---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association"
description: "Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7077"
citation: "New York S 7077 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Ortt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-17"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eac987d-4453-4737-bf4a-df6a0b8d5236"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7077"
source_hash: "daf2456b7dcd4d08fbe1fb7b30921be1309510828f1e89f558f53b1434f2bc51"
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 7077 (2023-2024) — Relates to the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association

Expands the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Wheatfield Volunteer Firefighter's Benevolent Association.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7077** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7077&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S7077A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S7077A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Ortt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-17** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** PRINT NUMBER 7077A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1771
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7409A
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.838
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.462 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2eac987d-4453-4737-bf4a-df6a0b8d5236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).