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Home/Bills/S 4675New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillIntroducedEXC

S 4675: Empowers the office of fire prevention and control to, in coordination with the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the chief disability officer, provide minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 8, 2026

What S 4675 does, verified May 8, 2026

The bill aims to provide minimum basic training to all firefighters in New York State on handling emergency situations involving individuals with physical and/or developmental disabilities. This training is to be coordinated with the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Chief Disability Officer. The training will cover all aspects of emergency situations involving individuals with disabilities and will be adopted by the Office in necessary rules and regulations. The training is to be provided to both paid and volunteer firefighters. The bill will take effect immediately.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A688 (2026-05-06)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4675
What is the current status of S 4675?
As of May 8, 2026, S 4675 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on May 6, 2026, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A688".
Did S 4675 pass?
Not yet. S 4675 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 4675, and where is it now?
S 4675 was authored by Sen. Robert Jackson with 3 coauthors. It is filed under EXC, alongside 143 other New York EXC bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Sen. Robert JacksonAuthor · New York State Senate
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Coauthors
Julia SalazarCordell CleareNathalia Fernandez
Recent actions7 total · showing 5
May. 06, 2026SUBSTITUTED BY A688
May. 04, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Apr. 29, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
Apr. 28, 20261ST REPORT CAL.860
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 11, 2025 · 223 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4675 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 156 of the executive law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 23 to read as follows: 3 23. In addition to the requirements of subdivision twenty-two of this 4 section, in coordination with the commissioner of the office for people 5 with developmental disabilities and the chief disability officer, 6 provide minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations 7 involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability 8 to all firefighters, both paid and volunteer. The office shall adopt all 9 necessary rules and regulations relating to such training. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02082-01-5
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