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A 6231

Renames the "West Islip Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association" to the "West Islip Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association"

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Joe DeStefano and 2 co-sponsors

Renames the West Islip Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association to West Islip Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association in state law; no powers, duties, or records changed.

SUBSTITUTED BY S7555A
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Bill Summary · A 6231

Summary — A.6231 (2025): Rename "West Islip Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association"

Purpose / Intent

A.6231 is a narrow, technical bill that renames a specific local benevolent association from the "West Islip Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association" to the "West Islip Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association." The change updates the organization’s official name in state law and statutes that reference it, reflecting modern, gender‑neutral terminology.

Key provisions

  • Replaces every statutory reference to the “West Islip Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association” with “West Islip Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association.”
  • The bill is a name‑only amendment; it does not alter the association’s powers, privileges, obligations, property rights, contracts, or governance structure.

Who is affected

  • Directly affected: the West Islip Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association (formerly “Firemen’s”) — the association’s legal name as used in state law and official records would change.
  • Indirectly affected: municipal and county records, state agencies, courts, insurers, grant administrators, and private parties relying on statutory citations or older documents naming the association. Those entities may need to update references and records to reflect the new official name.
  • No substantive change to rights, liabilities, membership, or benefits of the organization is proposed.

Procedural / timeline highlights

  • Introduced: February 27, 2025
  • Committee referral: Referred to Local Governments (2/27/2025)
  • Amendments/prints: Printed as A6231A (4/09/25) and A6231B (6/02/25); amended and recommitted to Local Governments
  • Further referrals: Reference changed to Ways and Means (6/10/25); reported and referred to Rules (6/12/25)
  • Floor action: Reported and ordered to third reading in Rules Calendar No. 731 (6/13/25)
  • Status: SUBSTITUTED BY S7555A (6/13/2025) — the Senate substitute (S7555A) now carries the measure forward.

Sponsors / Related measures

  • Primary sponsor: Michael Durso
  • Cosponsors: Joe DeStefano, David McDonough
  • Related/companion bills: S.7555 / S.7555A (Senate companion/substitute); A.10005 (prior session)

Practical impact

This is primarily a technical/name modernization measure. It should have minimal fiscal or legal impact beyond the administrative task of updating statutory language and associated records to reflect the new name.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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