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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to military enhanced recognition, incentive and tribute scholarships"
+description: "Relates to military enhanced recognition, incentive and tribute scholarships; removes the date requirement of on and after August 2, 1990 for a member of the armed forces of the United States or state organized militia to be a member and for children, spouses and financial dependents of such member to receive such scholarships."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 5543"
+citation: "New York S 5543 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-10"
+last_action: "2021-11-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95a1b96d-8ca2-4f51-a75e-171b62bbe812"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5543"
+source_hash: "7f231d8158de1b32bfdfbf05a3ebc3fca01974e77574f36be13bcc499dc64913"
+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 5543 (2021-2022) — Relates to military enhanced recognition, incentive and tribute scholarships
+
+Relates to military enhanced recognition, incentive and tribute scholarships; removes the date requirement of on and after August 2, 1990 for a member of the armed forces of the United States or state organized militia to be a member and for children, spouses and financial dependents of such member to receive such scholarships.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5543&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **S5543A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5543A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+- Finance Vote - Version: A — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- BROOKS — primary (person)
+- STEC — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** PRINT NUMBER 5543A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-03** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.1200
+- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7685
+- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.621
+- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-11-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.611 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95a1b96d-8ca2-4f51-a75e-171b62bbe812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+