---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the Valley Stream Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association"
description: "Relates to the purpose and membership of the Valley Stream Volunteer and Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association and the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by such Association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9494"
citation: "New York A 9494 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SOLAGES"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53566fdd-68ef-4274-a7ba-842ff24102a8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9494"
source_hash: "c2367b34094a337350d0340ff43e8ec21140dd63e6e46f2511736dddf42bbb46"
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 9494 (2021-2022) — Relates to the Valley Stream Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association

Relates to the purpose and membership of the Valley Stream Volunteer and Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association and the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by such Association.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9494&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SOLAGES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** REPORTED
- **2022-05-16** RULES REPORT CAL.232
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.232
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8691
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1452
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53566fdd-68ef-4274-a7ba-842ff24102a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).