---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association"
description: "Amends the name of the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association, and certain provisions regarding removing gendered terminology; relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6956"
citation: "New York A 6956 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa91a60c-89b9-4e44-8dba-0776fd4a111e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6956"
source_hash: "9625f1ebbd1e1d452479f9943c577b89d9c89c851396f485d74eb5bb05a13f88"
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 A 6956 (2025-2026) — Relates to the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association

Amends the name of the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association, and certain provisions regarding removing gendered terminology; relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6956&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A6956A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A6956A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 6956A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** REPORTED
- **2025-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.573
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.573
- **2025-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7606A
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1835
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-10** SIGNED CHAP.377 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa91a60c-89b9-4e44-8dba-0776fd4a111e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).