Exempts the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members
Summary
Exempts the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., within the town of Central Square, Oswego county from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Assembly Passage
Jun 2026
Governor
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Last action Jun 5, 2026
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S7204
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S7204A
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3 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the bill number and amends the New York not-for-profit corporation law to exempt the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department from certain membership residency requirements. The primary change involves modernizing the text to remove gender-specific language (e.g., 'he or she') and replacing it with gender-neutral terms ('they'). Additionally, the bill corrects the name of one specific fire department from 'Hope-well' to 'Hopewell'.
Scope change
The scope of the exemption now explicitly includes the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., while the list of other exempt departments was updated to fix a spelling error.
TECHNICAL
Replaced gender-specific language ('he or she') with gender-neutral language ('they') throughout the membership termination and election clauses.
Corrected the spelling of 'Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department' from 'Hope-well' in the list of exempt organizations.
Updated the bill's citation references from the 2024 laws to the 2025 laws and changed the bill number to S 7204-A.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2025 · Assembly Jun 5, 2026
How they voted
57–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 63
Jun 4, 2025
D
Democratic41
85% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jun 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 5, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMENDED 7204A
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Ryan
DDemocratic
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