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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2261: Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate

Passed one chamber 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

S 2261 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate. Primary sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

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.

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeremy CooneyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“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 TRANSPORTATION
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.246
  7. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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