New York A 7331: Relates to training stipends paid by the office of fire prevention and control to volunteer firefighters

Status: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 7331

Sponsors: Scott H. Bendett, Joe DeStefano, Karl Brabenec, Keith Brown, Robert Smullen, Stephen Hawley

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A07331 Summary:

BILL NOA07331 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08648

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SPONSORBendett

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COSPNSRHawley, Brabenec, Smullen, DeStefano, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §200-aa, Gen Muni L

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Requires the office of fire prevention and control to pay training stipends in specific amounts to volunteer firefighters for completion of certain firefighter trainings; provides that if a volunteer fire company pays training stipends to volunteer firefighters in an amount below what is otherwise required to be paid by OFPC, OFPC shall pay the remaining amount.

Go to top A07331 Actions:

BILL NOA07331 

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03/25/2025referred to local governments

05/28/2025held for consideration in local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

Go to topA07331 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Chair:Jones 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:14/6 Action: Held for Consideration JonesAyeBrownNay

RamosAyeFriendNay

WoernerAyeManktelowNay

JacobsonAyeGallahanNay

ClarkAyeSimpsonNay

ConradAyeBeephanNay

RiveraAye

LevenbergAye

ShimskyAye

ShresthaAye

SchiavoniAye

WiederAye

KassayAye

O'PharrowAye

Go to topA07331 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA07331 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7331

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to training
 stipends paid by the office of fire prevention and control to volun-
 teer firefighters

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 200-aa of the general
 2 municipal law, as added by section 2 of part H of chapter 55 of the laws
 3 of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
 4 3. The office of fire prevention and control may make available state
 5 funds through a training stipend to volunteer firefighters for
 6 completion of certain firefighter training, as identified and published
 7 by the office of fire prevention and control; provided, however, that
 8 the office of fire prevention and control shall make available state
 9 funds through a training stipend to volunteer firefighters for the
 10 completion of the following firefighter trainings, as identified and
 11 published by the office of fire prevention and control, in the following
 12 amounts:
 13 (a) a stipend of fifteen hundred dollars for completion of the basic
 14 exterior firefighting operations with hazardous material first responder
 15 operations course, or equivalent; and
 16 (b) a stipend of twenty-five hundred dollars for completion of the
 17 self-contained breathing apparatus with interior fighting operations
 18 course, or equivalent.
 19 4. No volunteer firefighter [may] shall receive a training stipend
 20 from both a volunteer fire company pursuant to subdivision two of this
 21 section and the office of fire prevention and control pursuant to subdi-
 22 vision three of this section for completion of the same firefighter
 23 training; provided, however, that if a volunteer fire company provides a
 24 training stipend to a volunteer firefighter for completion of a fire-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11179-01-5

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 1 fighter training listed under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision three
 2 of this section in an amount less than the amount directed to be paid by
 3 the office of fire prevention and control under such paragraph (a) or
 4 (b), the office of fire prevention and control shall pay a supplemental
 5 training stipend to such volunteer firefighter in the amount of the
 6 difference between the amount directed to be paid under paragraph (a) or
 7 (b) of subdivision three of this section and the amount paid by such
 8 volunteer fire company.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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