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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-7706.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to veteran access to certain benefits"
+description: "Relates to veteran access to certain benefits regarding temporary shelter, nursing homes, residential health care facilities, adult care facilities, etc.; requires the division to encourage all temporary shelter providers to share information to increase veteran access to benefits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 7706"
+citation: "New York S 7706 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2022-01-07"
+last_action: "2022-02-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3837ba72-d831-4392-a4bf-0789dd340453"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7706"
+source_hash: "0d8139dd43a05a644be1e2a87db2bdbe14c0c2d4a2f27f5709848715fe5e8684"
+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 7706 (2021-2022) — Relates to veteran access to certain benefits
+
+Relates to veteran access to certain benefits regarding temporary shelter, nursing homes, residential health care facilities, adult care facilities, etc.; requires the division to encourage all temporary shelter providers to share information to increase veteran access to benefits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S7706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7706&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- HARCKHAM — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.34
+- **2022-01-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-01-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-01-12** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8729
+- **2022-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.320
+- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-01-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.75 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3837ba72-d831-4392-a4bf-0789dd340453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+