Bill Commons

NY S 3531

in committee

Creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and a volunteer firefighter scholarship fund; appropriation

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 3531 pass?

Not yet. NY S 3531 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 3531 about?

Creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and a volunteer firefighter scholarship fund; rewards volunteer firefighters who respond to twenty-five percent of emergency calls for eight years with a student loan award equal to four times the SUNY tuition rate; makes an appropriation therefor.

Who sponsors NY S 3531?

Robert Ortt is the primary sponsor of NY S 3531, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and a volunteer firefighter scholarship fund; rewards volunteer firefighters who respond to twenty-five percent of emergency calls for eight years with a student loan award equal to four times the SUNY tuition rate; makes an appropriation therefor.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert Orttprimary
  • George Borrellocosponsor
  • Patrick M. Gallivancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-28

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6283not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3656not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5167not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 10031

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S3531?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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