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Home/Bills/A 4477New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4477: Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 14, 2026

What A 4477 does, verified January 14, 2026

The bill aims to make provisions of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law permanent. It specifically targets the creation of a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters. The presumption would be made permanent, allowing for easier access to benefits for those affected. The bill takes effect immediately and would expire and be repealed on June 30, 2025.

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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to local governments (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Steve SternMarianne ButtenschonChris BurdickMatthew SimpsonMatthew SlaterPaula Elaine KayJudy GriffinKwani O'PharrowJessica González-RojasCatalina CruzAl TaylorPhil Steck
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to local governments
Feb. 04, 2025referred to local governments
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 210 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4477 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG, STERN, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters, in relation to making such provisions permanent The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 606 of the laws of 2006, amending the 2 volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to creating a presumption 3 relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefight- 4 ers, as amended by section 1 of item BB of subpart B of part XXX of 5 chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be 7 deemed repealed June 30, 2025]. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00387-01-5 
Text of A 4477 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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