---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts the Varna Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., within the town of Dryden, Tompkins county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members"
description: "Exempts the Varna Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., within the town of Dryden, Tompkins county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9345"
citation: "New York A 9345 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Kelles"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c52721-bc68-4d7a-aa79-ba27bdf12687"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9345"
source_hash: "a3f61f9f5943b46d4c56de626b65783159afb7a41afb8dea99592a3db0338669"
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 9345 (2023-2024) — Exempts the Varna Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., within the town of Dryden, Tompkins county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members

Exempts the Varna Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., within the town of Dryden, Tompkins county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9345&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anna Kelles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** REPORTED
- **2024-04-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.414
- **2024-04-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-04-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-04-15** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8642
- **2024-05-21** 3RD READING CAL.958
- **2024-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.354 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3c52721-bc68-4d7a-aa79-ba27bdf12687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).