NY A06055 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 29-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-06-14 - held for consideration in ways and means
Pending: Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts the "Volunteer Firefighter and Ambulance Worker Protection and Incentive Act of 2018"; increases the volunteer firefighters' and volunteer ambulance workers' credit in the amount of five hundred dollars; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; establishes priority access to wireless telephone and text messaging services for emergency service; provides safety for employees who are late or miss work because they have responded to an emergency; eliminates the expiration on benefits for volunteer firefighters for disease and malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.

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Title

Enacts the "Volunteer Firefighter and Ambulance Worker Protection and Incentive Act of 2018"; increases the volunteer firefighters' and volunteer ambulance workers' credit in the amount of five hundred dollars; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; establishes priority access to wireless telephone and text messaging services for emergency service; provides safety for employees who are late or miss work because they have responded to an emergency; eliminates the expiration on benefits for volunteer firefighters for disease and malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2018-06-14 - Assembly - Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Held for Consideration (Y: 23 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2018-06-14Assemblyheld for consideration in ways and means
2018-04-30Assemblyprint number 6055a
2018-04-30Assemblyamend (t) and recommit to ways and means
2018-01-03Assemblyreferred to ways and means
2017-02-23Assemblyreferred to ways and means

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Bill Comments

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