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NY A 688

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

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 688 pass?

Not yet law. NY A 688 has passed both chambers but has not been enacted as of 2026-05-06. Latest recorded action (2026-05-06): RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

What is NY A 688 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY A 688?

Marianne Buttenschon is the primary sponsor of NY A 688, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

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.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-06 — RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marianne Buttenschonprimary
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Andrew Hevesicosponsor
  • Stacey Pheffer Amatocosponsor
  • Nader Sayeghcosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor
  • Angelo Santabarbaracosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Phil Steckcosponsor
  • Patrick J. Carrollcosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-18

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-01

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-01

    REPORTED

  5. 2025-04-01

    RULES REPORT CAL.120

  6. 2025-04-01

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.120

  7. 2025-05-12

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    passage

  8. 2025-05-12

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  9. 2025-05-12

    REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

    referral-committee

  10. 2026-01-07

    DIED IN SENATE

  11. 2026-01-07

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2026-01-07

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.25

  13. 2026-04-29

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    passage

  14. 2026-04-29

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  15. 2026-04-29

    REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-05-06

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S4675

  17. 2026-05-06

    3RD READING CAL.860

  18. 2026-05-06

    PASSED SENATE

    passage

  19. 2026-05-06

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Assembly Vote

    2025-05-12 · pass · 143-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carroll P: yes
    • Friend: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Peoples-Stokes: yes
    • Slater: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Carroll RC: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Lemondes: yes
    • Pheffer Amato: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Angelino: yes
    • Chandler-Waterm: yes
    • Gallahan: yes
    • Levenberg: yes
    • Pirozzolo: yes
    • Smullen: yes
    • Bailey: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Gandolfo: yes
    • Lucas: excused
    • Pretlow: yes
    • Solages: yes
    • Barclay: yes
    • Chludzinski: yes
    • Gibbs: yes
    • Lunsford: yes
    • Ra: yes
    • Steck: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Giglio: yes
    • Lupardo: yes
    • Raga: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Beephan: yes
    • Colton: yes
    • Glick: yes
    • Magnarelli: yes
    • Rajkumar: yes
    • Stirpe: yes
    • Bendett: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Gonzalez-Rojas: yes
    • Maher: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Tague: yes
    • Benedetto: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Gray: yes
    • Mamdani: excused
    • Reilly: yes
    • Tannousis: yes
    • Berger: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Griffin: yes
    • Manktelow: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Tapia: yes
    • Bichotte Hermel: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Hawley: yes
    • McDonald: yes
    • Rivera: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Blankenbush: yes
    • Dais: yes
    • Hevesi: excused
    • McDonough: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Blumencranz: yes
    • Davila: excused
    • Hooks: yes
    • McMahon: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Bologna: yes
    • De Los Santos: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Meeks: yes
    • Rozic: yes
    • Vanel: yes
    • Bores: yes
    • DeStefano: yes
    • Hyndman: yes
    • Mikulin: yes
    • Santabarbara: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Brabenec: yes
    • Dilan: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Sayegh: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Braunstein: yes
    • Dinowitz: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Mitaynes: yes
    • Schiavoni: yes
    • Weprin: yes
    • Bronson: yes
    • DiPietro: yes
    • Jensen: yes
    • Molitor: yes
    • Seawright: yes
    • Wieder: yes
    • Brook-Krasny: yes
    • Durso: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Morinello: yes
    • Sempolinski: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Brown EA: excused
    • Eachus: yes
    • Kassay: yes
    • Norber: yes
    • Septimo: yes
    • Woerner: yes
    • Brown K: yes
    • Eichenstein: yes
    • Kay: yes
    • Novakhov: yes
    • Shimsky: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Burdick: yes
    • Epstein: yes
    • Kelles: yes
    • O'Pharrow: yes
    • Shrestha: yes
    • Yeger: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Fall: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Otis: excused
    • Simon: yes
    • Zaccaro: yes
    • Burroughs: yes
    • Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Lasher: yes
    • Palmesano: yes
    • Simone: yes
    • Zinerman: yes
    • Buttenschon: yes
    • Forrest: excused
    • Lavine: yes
    • Paulin: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Cashman: yes
    • Powers: yes
    • Moreno: yes

  • Assembly Vote - Vote 2

    2026-04-29 · pass · 134-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carroll P: yes
    • Friend: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Peoples-Stokes: yes
    • Slater: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Carroll RC: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Lemondes: yes
    • Pheffer Amato: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Angelino: yes
    • Chandler-Waterm: yes
    • Gallahan: yes
    • Levenberg: yes
    • Pirozzolo: yes
    • Smullen: yes
    • Bailey: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Gandolfo: yes
    • Lucas: excused
    • Pretlow: yes
    • Solages: yes
    • Barclay: yes
    • Chludzinski: yes
    • Gibbs: yes
    • Lunsford: yes
    • Ra: yes
    • Steck: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Giglio: yes
    • Lupardo: yes
    • Raga: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Beephan: yes
    • Colton: yes
    • Glick: yes
    • Magnarelli: yes
    • Rajkumar: yes
    • Stirpe: yes
    • Bendett: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Gonzalez-Rojas: yes
    • Maher: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Tague: yes
    • Benedetto: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Gray: yes
    • Mamdani: excused
    • Reilly: yes
    • Tannousis: yes
    • Berger: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Griffin: yes
    • Manktelow: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Tapia: yes
    • Bichotte Hermel: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Hawley: yes
    • McDonald: yes
    • Rivera: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Blankenbush: yes
    • Dais: yes
    • Hevesi: excused
    • McDonough: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Blumencranz: yes
    • Davila: excused
    • Hooks: yes
    • McMahon: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Bologna: yes
    • De Los Santos: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Meeks: yes
    • Rozic: yes
    • Vanel: yes
    • Bores: yes
    • DeStefano: yes
    • Hyndman: yes
    • Mikulin: yes
    • Santabarbara: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Brabenec: yes
    • Dilan: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Sayegh: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Braunstein: yes
    • Dinowitz: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Mitaynes: yes
    • Schiavoni: yes
    • Weprin: yes
    • Bronson: yes
    • DiPietro: yes
    • Jensen: yes
    • Molitor: yes
    • Seawright: yes
    • Wieder: yes
    • Brook-Krasny: yes
    • Durso: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Morinello: yes
    • Sempolinski: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Brown EA: excused
    • Eachus: yes
    • Kassay: yes
    • Norber: yes
    • Septimo: yes
    • Woerner: yes
    • Brown K: yes
    • Eichenstein: yes
    • Kay: yes
    • Novakhov: yes
    • Shimsky: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Burdick: yes
    • Epstein: yes
    • Kelles: yes
    • O'Pharrow: yes
    • Shrestha: yes
    • Yeger: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Fall: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Otis: excused
    • Simon: yes
    • Zaccaro: yes
    • Burroughs: yes
    • Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Lasher: yes
    • Palmesano: yes
    • Simone: yes
    • Zinerman: yes
    • Buttenschon: yes
    • Forrest: excused
    • Lavine: yes
    • Paulin: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Cashman: yes
    • Powers: yes
    • Moreno: yes

  • Floor Vote

    2026-05-06 · pass · 62-0

    Member-level votes (63)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jake Ashby: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • George Borrello: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Jabari Brisport: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
    • Michael Gianaris: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Joseph A. Griffo: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Pamela Helming: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Monica Martinez: yes
    • Jack M. Martins: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Robert Ortt: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Robert Rolison: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Dan Stec: yes
    • Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
    • Sam Sutton: yes
    • James Tedisco: yes
    • Mark Walczyk: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • William Weber: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes
    • Liz Krueger: excused

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9053not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1533not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4675

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A688?summary=&detail=

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