New York A 1633: Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments

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A01633 Summary:

BILL NOA01633A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06009-B

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SPONSORMcMahon

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COSPNSRWoerner, Simon, Buttenschon, Conrad, Hunter, Stirpe, Santabarbara, Jensen, Smullen, Tague,
 DeStefano, McDonough, Angelino, Levenberg, Schiavoni

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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 NOA01633A

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01/10/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

05/01/2026amend (t) and recommit to local governments

05/01/2026print number 1633a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1633--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON, WOERNER, SIMON, BUTTENSCHON, CONRAD,
 HUNTER, STIRPE, SANTABARBARA, JENSEN, SMULLEN, TAGUE, DeSTEFANO, McDO-
 NOUGH, ANGELINO, LEVENBERG, SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Local Governments -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Local Governments in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 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.
 LBD00604-05-6

 A. 1633--A 2

 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 fire department or fire
 6 company operations or any other hazardous activity.] Participants may
 7 respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in an
 8 appropriate and safe designated area that has been established by the
 9 chief or officer in charge. The chief or officer in charge shall deter-
 10 mine if any such participant is allowed to respond to an e