---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force"
description: "Relates to the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force; relates to the number of appointments and time to make such appointments to the task force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 968"
citation: "New York A 968 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318e1d81-d76b-4236-948f-16530975ab33"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A968"
source_hash: "e3920b83bbec7b1c30708c2436b49fc3f0077096e392e63e8d6a60892d28a834"
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 968 (2021-2022) — Relates to the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force

Relates to the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force; relates to the number of appointments and time to make such appointments to the task force.

## Version chain

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

1. **A968** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A968&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **107–43** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
- **2021-01-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.6
- **2021-01-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S864
- **2021-01-20** 3RD READING CAL.17
- **2021-01-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318e1d81-d76b-4236-948f-16530975ab33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).