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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 688: Provides minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters

Passed both chambers 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 688 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters. Primary sponsor: Marianne Buttenschon (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2026): RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY.

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Marianne ButtenschonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Pat CarrollCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse96
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“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. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  2. PASSED SENATE
  3. 3RD READING CAL.860
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR S4675
  5. REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
  6. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  7. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  8. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.25
  9. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  10. DIED IN SENATE
  11. REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
  12. DELIVERED TO SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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