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| Bill | Directs the office of fire prevention and control to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention | Directs the office of fire prevention and control within the division of homeland security and emergency services to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention; creates the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force; requires a report to the governor and legislature on Firefighter 1 training, and all other firefighter training offered by the office of fire prevention and control, and delivery methods to enhance and streamline training including the use of distance learning; the utilization of community colleges, BOCES or state accredited high schools to train firefighters and the creation of pilot programs within community colleges or BOCES that will offer Firefighter 1 certification upon completion; the creation of a dedicated bureau within the office of fire prevention and control responsible for recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; tax incentives and volunteer firefighter benefits currently provided and recommendations as to these or new programs; analysis of current recruitment and retention programs successfully being utilized by other states and recommendations as to adoption of similar programs in New York; and identification and recruitment incentives to assist in the recruitment of volunteer firefighters from under-represented and at-risk populations; makes related provisions. | us/states/ny | New York Legislature | 2019-2020 | A 9779 | New York A 9779 (2019-2020) |
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New York A 9779 (2019-2020) — Directs the office of fire prevention and control to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention
Directs the office of fire prevention and control within the division of homeland security and emergency services to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention; creates the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force; requires a report to the governor and legislature on Firefighter 1 training, and all other firefighter training offered by the office of fire prevention and control, and delivery methods to enhance and streamline training including the use of distance learning; the utilization of community colleges, BOCES or state accredited high schools to train firefighters and the creation of pilot programs within community colleges or BOCES that will offer Firefighter 1 certification upon completion; the creation of a dedicated bureau within the office of fire prevention and control responsible for recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; tax incentives and volunteer firefighter benefits currently provided and recommendations as to these or new programs; analysis of current recruitment and retention programs successfully being utilized by other states and recommendations as to adoption of similar programs in New York; and identification and recruitment incentives to assist in the recruitment of volunteer firefighters from under-represented and at-risk populations; makes related provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Assembly Vote — 142–0 (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — 60–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- THIELE — primary (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- BYRNE — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HAWLEY — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER ML — cosponsor (person)
- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- RA — cosponsor (person)
- SALKA — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- STERN — cosponsor (person)
- TAGUE — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-02-11 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
referral-committee - 2020-07-08 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
referral-committee, amendment-passage - 2020-07-08 PRINT NUMBER 9779A
amendment-passage - 2020-07-16 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
referral-committee - 2020-07-17 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
referral-committee - 2020-07-21 REPORTED
- 2020-07-21 RULES REPORT CAL.255
- 2020-07-21 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.255
- 2020-07-21 PASSED ASSEMBLY
passage - 2020-07-21 DELIVERED TO SENATE
- 2020-07-21 REFERRED TO RULES
referral-committee - 2020-07-22 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7589B
- 2020-07-22 3RD READING CAL.820
- 2020-07-22 PASSED SENATE
passage - 2020-07-22 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- 2020-10-30 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
executive-receipt - 2020-11-11 SIGNED CHAP.258
executive-signature - 2020-11-11 APPROVAL MEMO.12
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a73ade3d-0a0d-4939-9a54-5b667dc21b92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).