A 7969: Excludes certain training stipends for volunteer firefighters from state income tax.
What A 7969 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to exclude certain training stipends for volunteer firefighters from state income tax. It proposes to amend the tax law by adding a new paragraph to the existing section 612. The new paragraph would exclude training stipends received under the general municipal law to the extent they are includable in federal adjusted gross income. The changes would take effect immediately and apply to the taxable year the bill is enacted and subsequent years.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7969
- What is the current status of A 7969?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7969 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
- Did A 7969 pass?
- Not yet. A 7969 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7969, and where is it now?
- A 7969 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means. It is filed under TAX, alongside 323 other New York TAX bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| Apr. 16, 2025 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 16, 2025 · 179 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7969 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding certain training stipends for volunteer firefighters from state income tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by 2 adding a new paragraph 48 to read as follows: 3 (48) Training stipends received under section two hundred-aa of the 4 general municipal law, to the extent includable in federal adjusted 5 gross income. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to the 7 taxable year in which it shall take effect and to all subsequent taxable 8 years. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09870-01-5
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