New York A 10630: Grants immunity to law enforcement employees who intervene against police misconduct

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A10630 Summary:

BILL NOA10630A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10597

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRCashman, Griffin, Burdick, Sayegh, Woerner, Shimsky, Stern, Benedetto, Cruz, Bronson, Durso,
 DeStefano, Brown E, Beephan, Novakhov, Brabenec, Gandolfo, Kay, Carroll P, Wieder, Bendett

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§200-aaa & 210-a, amd §§205-g, 209-d & 72-g, Gen Muni L; amd §3, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§517 & 651, Lab L;
amd §§41 & 201, Civ Serv L; amd §612, Tax L; amd §176, Town L

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Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend of a nominal fee for responses to calls and for certain standby services; includes volunteer firefighters within the labor law definition of "employee" of a federal, state or municipal government of political subdivision thereof; establishes the volunteer fire service nominal compensation assistance fund.

Go to top A10630 Actions:

BILL NOA10630A

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03/13/2026referred to local governments

05/29/2026amend (t) and recommit to local governments

05/29/2026print number 10630a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10630--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, CASHMAN, GRIFFIN, BURDICK, SAYEGH, WOER-
 NER, SHIMSKY, STERN, BENEDETTO, CRUZ, BRONSON, DURSO, DeSTEFANO,
 E. BROWN, BEEPHAN, NOVAKHOV, BRABENEC, GANDOLFO, KAY, P. CARROLL,
 WIEDER, BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local
 Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the volunteer firefighters'
 benefit law and the town law, in relation to providing pay per call
 and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel
 expense reimbursement for call response; to amend the labor law, in
 relation to the definitions of "employee" and remuneration; to amend
 the civil service law, in relation to providing volunteer firefighters
 in the exempt class; to amend the tax law, in relation to including
 nominal fees paid to volunteer firefighters within the New York
 adjusted gross income of a resident individual; and to amend the
 general municipal law, in relation to establishing the volunteer fire
 service nominal compensation assistance fund

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 200-aaa to read as follows:
 3 § 200-aaa. Pay per call and paid on call nominal compensation
 4 (stipends) for volunteer firefighters. 1. For purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "fire department" and "fire company" shall have the meanings as
 6 defined in section three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law;
 7 (b) "nominal fee" means payment to a volunteer firefighter of a
 8 stipend, fee, gift card or gift certificate, gratuity, or other qualify-
 9 ing item of monetary value;
 10 (c) "pay per call compensation (stipend)" means payment of a nominal
 11 fee to a volunteer firefighter of a stipend for response to an emergency
 12 call of their fire department or fire company as defined in the local
 13 rules and regulations established for the program;
 14 (d) "paid on call compensation (stipend)" means a payment of a nominal
 15 fee to a volunteer firefighter for participating in a standby activity

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15208-04-6

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 1 as defined in the local rules and regulations established for the
 2 program;
 3 (e) "volunteer firefighter" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 4 section three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law. An active
 5 volunteer firefighter may participate in a pay per call and paid on call
 6 stipend program adopted under this statute and such participation shall
 7 not cause that volunteer firefighter or call firefighte