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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6009: Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments

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 6009 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments. Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 19, 2026): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

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.

Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in an appropriate and safe designated area that has been established by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participants cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure; protects volunteer fire departments and fire companies from certain criminal and civil liability potentially arising from the operation of a youth program.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63

“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 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6009B
  5. AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6009A
  6. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  7. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  8. 1ST REPORT CAL.180
  9. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  10. RETURNED TO SENATE
  11. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  12. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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