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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to disability retirement benefits for the presumption of Parkinson's Disease for paid firefighters"
description: "Provides that any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's Disease, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a paid firefighter shall be presumptive evidence that, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence, such disability or death was caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by such firefighter's own willful negligence, and was sustained in the performance and discharge of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4233"
citation: "New York S 4233 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beebeceb-8109-4850-a51a-44f29e46d975"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4233"
source_hash: "42b985a60648998e0a45f6c3d7ad9500244018b17acc9802c113d77a4bd16963"
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 4233 (2021-2022) — Relates to disability retirement benefits for the presumption of Parkinson's Disease for paid firefighters
Provides that any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's Disease, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a paid firefighter shall be presumptive evidence that, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence, such disability or death was caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by such firefighter's own willful negligence, and was sustained in the performance and discharge of duty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S4233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4233&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4233A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4233A)
## Votes
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- GOUNARDES — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- AKSHAR — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** PRINT NUMBER 4233A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.1195
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6461A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.451
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.704 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beebeceb-8109-4850-a51a-44f29e46d975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).