Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee on January 2, 2026. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 788
Exempts volunteer first responder stipends from certain payroll and income taxes.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Mar 3, 2025
Its course
January 9, 2024 to January 2, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action6 actions on 5 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Dec 22713 days
LaborJan 9 to Mar 3419 days
Budget and AppropriationsMar 3 to Nov 13255 days
In the General AssemblyDec 22 to Jan 2 · stopped11 days
AppropriationsJan 2 to Jan 2 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Labor5–0
Do pass · Mar 3, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Paul D. Moriarty, Vincent J. Polistina
Do pass as amended · Nov 13, 2025
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Dec 22, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 13, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 9 – Dec 22, 2025
- Jan 9Introduced in the Senate and sent to Labor
- Mar 3, 2025Labor recommended it
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Nov 13, 2025Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 22, 2025Passed the Senate, 37 to 0
In the General Assembly Jan 2, 2026
- Jan 2, 2026Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Appropriations