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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5253: Establishes the "Vets to Vollies" program

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 5253 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the "Vets to Vollies" program. Primary sponsor: Michael Durso (Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS.

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.

Establishes the "Vets to Vollies" program which encourages veterans or discharged military personnel to join their local fire department and emergency medical service agency.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2 · Republican/Conservative 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael DursoPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Ken BlankenbushCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14

“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 VETERANS' AFFAIRS
  2. PRINT NUMBER 5253A
  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
  4. REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Sources

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