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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to discharged LGBT veterans"
+description: "Relates to discharged LGBT veterans; defines \"LGBT veteran\" and \"qualifying condition\"; adds veterans who have qualifying conditions or who are discharged as an LGBT veteran to certain provisions that apply to veterans who have been honorably discharged or released from military service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 45"
+citation: "New York S 45 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-09"
+last_action: "2019-11-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398a3bed-a338-496a-9764-17b4d0658be7"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S45"
+source_hash: "b45b3e35e5053bf0abe64e4c13d4ece3c4dc5afff706b4670f212d2406b69719"
+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 S 45 (2019-2020) — Relates to discharged LGBT veterans
+
+Relates to discharged LGBT veterans; defines "LGBT veteran" and "qualifying condition"; adds veterans who have qualifying conditions or who are discharged as an LGBT veteran to certain provisions that apply to veterans who have been honorably discharged or released from military service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S45&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S45A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S45A)
+3. **S45B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S45B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote - Version: A — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
+- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
+- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
+- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
+- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
+- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
+- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
+- LIU — cosponsor (person)
+- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
+- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
+- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
+- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
+- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
+- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
+- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 45A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.1020
+- **2019-06-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2019-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2019-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 45B `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8097
+- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.305
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-11-12** SIGNED CHAP.490 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398a3bed-a338-496a-9764-17b4d0658be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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