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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring independent hearing officers in disciplinary claims against firefighters"
description: "Requires that firefighters shall not be subjected to the penalty of dismissal from service or any other discipline if the hearing, upon such charge, has been conducted by someone other than an independent hearing officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8481"
citation: "New York S 8481 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACKSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-12-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/556c5184-8a23-429c-b4a5-69d0117c6985"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8481"
source_hash: "e3c0107e6941dee27fe899305a9960e8e6e25ad2b16714232153e2c0bf362e86"
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 8481 (2021-2022) — Relates to requiring independent hearing officers in disciplinary claims against firefighters
Requires that firefighters shall not be subjected to the penalty of dismissal from service or any other discipline if the hearing, upon such charge, has been conducted by someone other than an independent hearing officer.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S8481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8481&term=2021&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- JACKSON — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-04** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** 1ST REPORT CAL.1256
- **2022-05-11** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-24** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9614
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.708
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-09** SIGNED CHAP.674 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/556c5184-8a23-429c-b4a5-69d0117c6985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).