Bill Commons

NY S 8840

in committee

Enacts the New York emergency responder act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8840 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8840 is in committee as of 2026-06-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 8840 about?

Enacts the New York emergency responder act limiting the liability of certain emergency responders.

Who sponsors NY S 8840?

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is the primary sponsor of NY S 8840, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Enacts the New York emergency responder act limiting the liability of certain emergency responders.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-05 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantonprimary
  • Kevin S. Parkercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-08

    REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-18

    1ST REPORT CAL.1164

  3. 2026-05-19

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-20

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-06-05

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote

    2026-05-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jake Ashby: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • Dan Stec: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: excused

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 4135not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4238not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 8159not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6377not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3312not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4680

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8840?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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