New York S 6009: Relates to the establishment of a single computerized state DNA identification index and requires municipalities to expunge any DNA record stored in a municipal DNA identification index

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S06009 Summary:

BILL NOS06009B

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SAME ASSAME AS A01633-A

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§204-b & 205-b, Gen Muni L; amd §260.10, Pen L; amd §35.07, Arts & Cul L; amd §5, Vol Ffs Ben L

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Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in an appropriate and safe designated area that has been established by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participants cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure; protects volunteer fire departments and fire companies from certain criminal and civil liability potentially arising from the operation of a youth program.

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BILL NOS06009B

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1153

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.180

01/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/01/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6009A

05/04/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6009B

05/19/2026PASSED SENATE

05/19/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6009--B
 Cal. No. 180

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
 first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the penal law, the arts and
 cultural affairs law and the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in
 relation to participants in youth programs sponsored by fire depart-
 ments

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 5 and 7 of section 204-b of the general
 2 municipal law, as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978, are amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 1. Volunteer fire departments and fire companies may establish, oper-
 5 ate and maintain youth programs to provide participants with the oppor-
 6 tunity to become familiar with the training, programs and operations of
 7 fire departments, to provide programs in community fire safety, fire
 8 prevention, and public fire prevention education, and to curtail false
 9 fire alarms by developing community wide respect for the fire service.
 10 2. Volunteer fire departments and fire companies shall establish rules
 11 and regulations governing youth programs established pursuant to subdi-
 12 vision one hereof, which shall include the minimum and maximum age for
 13 participation, the procedure for participation, removal or expulsion,
 14 residence, and provision for adequate supervision of such programs.
 15 Volunteer fire departments and fire companies shall also establish writ-
 16 ten safety or training procedures for every youth program established
 17 pursuant to subdivision one of this section, which shall include, but

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00604-04-6

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 1 not be limited to, the prohibitions and guidelines set forth in subdivi-
 2 sions five and seven of this section.
 3 5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in
 4 advance by the chief, or [his] the chief's designee. [No activities may
 5 include emergency duties in connection with fir