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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5246: Excludes volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services employees from the permissive use of marijuana

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5246 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Excludes volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services employees from the permissive use of marijuana. Primary sponsor: Joe DeStefano (Republican/Conservative). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LABOR.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Excludes volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services employees from the permissive use of marijuana.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4 · Republican/Conservative 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe DeStefanoPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Jodi GiglioCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse2
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
John MikulinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Doug SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO LABOR
  2. REFERRED TO LABOR

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source