---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the effectiveness of a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters"
description: "Amends provisions relating to creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters, in relation to the effectiveness of such provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8276"
citation: "New York A 8276 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dana Levenberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-08"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a360598-4835-4c91-b40d-c2108e11587e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8276"
source_hash: "b32930a21a9e4314bae9b70c5f22721997dea3fe021fdf9bf4c93beebd7fb6c4"
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 8276 (2025-2026) — Relates to the effectiveness of a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters

Amends provisions relating to creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters, in relation to the effectiveness of such provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8276&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dana Levenberg — primary (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.466
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.466
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7852
- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1557
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.167 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a360598-4835-4c91-b40d-c2108e11587e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).