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A04414 Summary:

BILL NOA04414A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBologna

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COSPNSRDeStefano, Giglio

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §202-l-1, Lab L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L; amd §181, Town L

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Allows volunteer firefighters or emergency services personnel to attend training required under 19 NYCRR 426 without being penalized by their employer; creates tax incentives for employing volunteer firefighters or emergency services personnel.

Go to top A04414 Actions:

BILL NOA04414A

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02/04/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

03/03/2026amend (t) and recommit to labor

03/03/2026print number 4414a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4414--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BOLOGNA, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, the tax law and the town law, in relation
 to allowing volunteer firefighters or emergency medical services (EMS)
 personnel to attend training without being penalized by their employ-
 er; and creates tax incentives for employing volunteer firefighters or
 emergency services personnel

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-l-1 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 202-l-1. Right of volunteer firefighters or emergency medical
 4 services personnel to be absent from employment for training. 1. Any
 5 employee who is a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical services
 6 personnel and who notifies their employer to that effect at least two
 7 weeks prior to taking a leave for firefighter or emergency medical
 8 services personnel training shall not, on account of absence from
 9 employment by reason of such training, be subject to discharge or penal-
 10 ty. An employer shall not withhold wages of any such employee during the
 11 period of such training.
 12 2. Subdivision one of this section shall apply only when:
 13 (a) The employer has previously received written documentation from
 14 the head of the employee's volunteer fire department or regional emer-
 15 gency medical services council notifying the employer of the employee's
 16 status as a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical services person-
 17 nel;
 18 (b) The employee's training is directly related to being a volunteer
 19 firefighter and is required under 19 NYCRR 426; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03936-03-6

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 1 (c) The employee's training is directly related to being an emergency
 2 medical services personnel and is required under 10 NYCRR 800.
 3 3. The entire period of the authorized leave of absence granted pursu-
 4 ant to this section, up to the required number of training hours shall
 5 be paid leave for employees and shall not be charged against any leave
 6 to which such employee is entitled. An employee's training hours shall
 7 include more hours of training than basic volunteer firefighter or emer-
 8 gency medical services personnel training where such employee's status
 9 in the fire department or regional emergency medical services council
 10 requires additional training.
 11 4. Upon the employer's request, an employee who has been granted a
 12 leave of absence in accordance with this section shall provide their
 13 employer with a notarized statement from the head of the volunteer fire
 14 department or regional emergency medical services council certifying the
 15 period of time, or times, that such employee was at the required train-
 16 ing.
 17 5. Nothing set forth in this section shall be construed to impede,
 18 infringe or diminish the rights and benefits which accrue to employees
 19 through bona fide collective bargaining agreements, or otherwise dimin-
 20 ish t