---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the retirement of certain members of the Suffolk county fire district"
description: "Relates to the retirement of certain members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9959"
citation: "New York A 9959 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Stern"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-26"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a9db986-a933-455a-897d-d6f5d03cb464"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9959"
source_hash: "e49b6bf421a036d249ec7c2e375dfc05efe006b65d16de75e34087de7474f368"
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 9959 (2023-2024) — Relates to the retirement of certain members of the Suffolk county fire district

Relates to the retirement of certain members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9959&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Stern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-26** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** REPORTED
- **2024-05-30** RULES REPORT CAL.281
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.281
- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-30** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8997
- **2024-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1520
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.494 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a9db986-a933-455a-897d-d6f5d03cb464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).