New York A 8008: Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes

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A08008 Summary:

BILL NOA08008 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07316

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRSlater, McMahon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §217, Gen Muni L

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Requires the forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of felonies committed against a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, fire district, or fire protection district.

Go to top A08008 Actions:

BILL NOA08008 

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04/21/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

03/10/2026reported referred to codes

05/05/2026reported referred to ways and means

06/01/2026reported referred to rules

06/01/2026reported 

06/01/2026rules report cal.298

06/01/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.298

06/01/2026substituted by s7316

&nbspS07316 AMEND= HINCHEY

&nbsp04/09/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

&nbsp06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1768

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/10/2025referred to local governments

&nbsp01/07/2026died in assembly

&nbsp01/07/2026returned to senate

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

&nbsp04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.762

&nbsp04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/18/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/18/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/18/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/01/2026substituted for a8008

&nbsp06/01/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.298

&nbsp06/01/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/01/2026returned to senate

Go to topA08008 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Chair:Solages 
DATE:03/10/2026AYE/NAY:20/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes SolagesAyeBrownAye

RamosAyeFriendAye

WoernerAyeManktelowAye

JacobsonAyeGallahanAye

ClarkAyeSimpsonAye

ConradAyeBeephanAye

RiveraAye

LevenbergAye

ShimskyAye

ShresthaAye

SchiavoniAye

WiederAye

KassayAye

O'PharrowAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/05/2026AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightExcusedMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresAbsent

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/01/2026AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAbsentManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/01/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08008 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08008 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8008

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD, SLATER -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring the
 forfeiture of benefits to be paid pursuant to a service awards program
 to volunteer firefighters who have been convicted of certain crimes

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (m) of section 217 of the general municipal
 2 law, as added by chapter 617 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (m) A participant who is convicted of the crime of arson in any degree
 5 as defined in the penal law or any other felony defined in