---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts the Southwood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership"
description: "Exempts the Southwood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4037"
citation: "New York A 4037 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela J. Hunter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d21fccb-ac18-4f6b-a87e-b631c49b6887"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4037"
source_hash: "93ba0eee4a7cc5cab3c2f48366ebe6062e809dcd81ff7b0b936428766c98c35a"
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 4037 (2023-2024) — Exempts the Southwood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership

Exempts the Southwood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4037&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** REPORTED
- **2023-03-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.56
- **2023-03-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-03-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-13** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4714
- **2023-03-15** 3RD READING CAL.451
- **2023-03-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.383 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d21fccb-ac18-4f6b-a87e-b631c49b6887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).