---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands disability benefits for firefighters who suffered any condition or impairment of health caused by endocrine/thyroid cancer"
description: "Expands disability benefits for firefighters who suffered any condition or impairment of health caused by endocrine/thyroid cancer resulting in total or partial disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9205"
citation: "New York S 9205 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-06"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be8faa23-8d07-441f-b443-95a25c559d76"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9205"
source_hash: "2f676594e5a73a7a536c094fedbcaaaef3b5aee5d509990c941ba572198cad5d"
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 9205 (2023-2024) — Expands disability benefits for firefighters who suffered any condition or impairment of health caused by endocrine/thyroid cancer

Expands disability benefits for firefighters who suffered any condition or impairment of health caused by endocrine/thyroid cancer resulting in total or partial disability.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9205&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-06** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1659
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9933
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.357
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.588 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be8faa23-8d07-441f-b443-95a25c559d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).