New York S 8074: Establishes a battery storage fire training program

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S08074 Summary:

BILL NOS08074 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10237

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SPONSORRHOADS

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COSPNSRMATTERA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §209-w, Gen Muni L; amd §158, Exec L

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Establishes a battery storage fire training program under the purview of the state fire administrator.

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BILL NOS08074 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8074

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the executive law, in
 relation to battery storage fire training for firefighters

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 209-w of the general municipal
 2 law, as amended by section 10 of part A of chapter 101 of the laws of
 3 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local
 5 law or charter to the contrary, no person shall, after the effective
 6 date of regulations adopted by the state fire administrator pursuant to
 7 section one hundred fifty-eight of the executive law, receive an
 8 original appointment on a permanent basis as a fire fighter of any coun-
 9 ty, city, town, village, or fire district unless such person has previ-
 10 ously been awarded a certificate by the state fire administrator attest-
 11 ing to [his or her] such person's satisfactory completion of an approved
 12 fire basic training program and an approved battery storage fire train-
 13 ing program; and every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or
 14 for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as a fire
 15 fighter of any county, city, town, village or fire district shall
 16 forfeit [his or her] such person's position as such unless [he or she]
 17 such person previously has satisfactorily completed, or within the time
 18 prescribed by regulations promulgated by the state fire administrator
 19 pursuant to section one hundred fifty-eight of the executive law, satis-
 20 factorily completes, a fire basic training program and an approved
 21 battery storage fire training program for temporary or probationary fire
 22 fighters and is awarded a certificate by the state fire administrator
 23 attesting thereto.
 24 § 2. Section 158 of the executive law, as added by section 28 of part
 25 B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11738-01-5

 S. 8074 2

 1 § 158. Firefighting training. 1. For the purpose of this section, the
 2 term fire fighter shall mean a member of a fire department whose duties
 3 include fire service as defined in paragraph d of subdivision eleven of
 4 section three hundred two of the retirement and social security law.
 5 2. In addition to the functions, powers and duties otherwise provided
 6 by this article, the state fire administrator may promulgate rules and
 7 regulations with respect to:
 8 (a) The approval, or revocation thereof, of fire training programs and
 9 battery storage fire training programs for fire fighters;
 10 (b) Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements, and equipment
 11 and facilities to be required for approved fire training programs and
 12 battery storage fire training programs for fire fighters;
 13 (c) Minimum qualifications for instructors for approved fire training
 14 programs and battery storage fire training programs for fire fighters;
 15 (d) The requirements of minimum basic training which fire fighters
 16 appointed to probationary terms shall complete before being eligible for
 17 permanent appointment, and the time within which such basic training
 18 must be completed following such appointment to a probationary term;
 19 (e) The requirements of minimum basic training which fire fighters