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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for certain veterans to receive high school diplomas"
+description: "Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for veterans who served on active duty to receive high school diplomas."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 4654"
+citation: "New York A 4654 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ROZIC"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-11-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb74765-2f27-4ca0-9c96-65dbfdf91775"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4654"
+source_hash: "656a3f171d2a9899df723a36d8faeb1682fe96c5a1b648053a6b79effd2c19e6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 4654 (2019-2020) — Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for certain veterans to receive high school diplomas
+
+Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for veterans who served on active duty to receive high school diplomas.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4654&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A4654A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4654A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ROZIC — primary (person)
+- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
+- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
+- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
+- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
+- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
+- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
+- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
+- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
+- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
+- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
+- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- RA — cosponsor (person)
+- REYES — cosponsor (person)
+- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
+- WALSH — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 4654A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
+- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.505
+- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1660A
+- **2019-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.313
+- **2019-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.477 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb74765-2f27-4ca0-9c96-65dbfdf91775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+