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Bill	Relates to the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association	Amends the name of the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association, and certain provisions regarding removing gendered terminology; relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2025-2026	A 6956	New York A 6956 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	2	17	2	2025-03-18	2025-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/aa91a60c-89b9-4e44-8dba-0776fd4a111e	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6956	9625f1ebbd1e1d452479f9943c577b89d9c89c851396f485d74eb5bb05a13f88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 6956 (2025-2026) — Relates to the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association

Amends the name of the Hauppauge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association, and certain provisions regarding removing gendered terminology; relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.

Version chain

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

1. A6956 (committee substitute) — source
2. A6956A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 147–0 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael J. Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-18 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS referral-committee
• 2025-05-21 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-05-21 PRINT NUMBER 6956A amendment-passage
• 2025-06-05 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2025-06-06 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 REPORTED
• 2025-06-10 RULES REPORT CAL.573
• 2025-06-10 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.573
• 2025-06-10 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2025-06-10 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2025-06-10 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7606A
• 2025-06-11 3RD READING CAL.1835
• 2025-06-11 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2025-06-11 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2025-09-05 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2025-09-10 SIGNED CHAP.377 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa91a60c-89b9-4e44-8dba-0776fd4a111e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).