Bill Text: NY S00274 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the "Vets to Vollies" program which encourages veterans or discharged military personnel to join their local fire department and emergency medical service agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S00274 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S00274-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 274 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing the "Vets to Vollies" program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The veterans' services law is amended by adding a new 2 section 29-c to read as follows: 3 § 29-c. Vets to vollies. 1. The department shall create a statewide 4 vets to vollies program for counties that wish to participate in such 5 program. The purpose of such program is to encourage veterans or 6 discharged military personnel to join their local fire department or 7 emergency medical service agency. 8 2. Such program shall collaborate and coordinate with all applicable 9 county agencies to conduct extensive outreach programs within the local 10 community, including but not limited to, active military installations 11 and local veteran service organizations. Such outreach programs shall 12 include information on the many benefits and resources available to 13 prospective volunteer first responders on a local and statewide level 14 and how to further become involved. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00883-01-5
