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S 3083: Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure.
What S 3083 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to regulate youth programs sponsored by fire departments in New York. Participants in these programs must have their activities approved in advance by the fire chief or their designated representative. The approved activities cannot include emergency duties or hazardous activities, unless the participants are in a designated and marked area, and they cannot use lights and sirens on a vehicle to respond to emergencies. Additionally, participants in these programs are not considered active volunteer firefighters and cannot enter burning structures.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3083
- What is the current status of S 3083?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 3083 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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
- Did S 3083 pass?
- Not yet. S 3083 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 3083, and where is it now?
- S 3083 was authored by Sen. Pamela Helming with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| Jan. 23, 2025 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 23, 2025 · 280 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3083 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HELMING, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to participants in youth programs sponsored by fire departments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 204-b of the general municipal 2 law, as added by chapter 386 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in 5 advance by the chief, or [his] such chief's designee. [No activities may6include emergency duties in connection with fire department or fire7company operations or any other hazardous activity.] Participants may 8 respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a 9 designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or offi- 10 cer in charge. Such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a 11 vehicle using lights and/or sirens. Furthermore, such participants may 12 not enter a burning structure nor shall participants in a youth program 13 pursuant to this section fall under the definition of active volunteer 14 firefighter as defined in section three of the volunteer firefighters' 15 benefit law. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03679-01-5
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