---
type: "Bill"
title: "Includes thyroid cancer in the list of cancers presumed to be incurred in the performance of duty for purposes of disability retirement"
description: "Includes thyroid cancer in the list of cancers presumed to be incurred in the performance of duty for purposes of disability retirement for firefighters in a city with a population of one million or more."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7289"
citation: "New York S 7289 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df9373b8-9ec9-41a2-bc80-2f3545d39c61"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7289"
source_hash: "b9da32e5e0b213065d24186023f73c1f527d917b85d84f46f7df6a36c59989aa"
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 S 7289 (2023-2024) — Includes thyroid cancer in the list of cancers presumed to be incurred in the performance of duty for purposes of disability retirement

Includes thyroid cancer in the list of cancers presumed to be incurred in the performance of duty for purposes of disability retirement for firefighters in a city with a population of one million or more.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7289&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S7289A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S7289A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 7289A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1780
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7679
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.847
- **2023-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.715 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df9373b8-9ec9-41a2-bc80-2f3545d39c61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).