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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-8596.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program"
+description: "Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to all New York resident veterans, regardless of combat service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 8596"
+citation: "New York S 8596 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-02-20"
+last_action: "2024-11-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ffcdba1-8262-49ed-b936-3319bd0b22f8"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8596"
+source_hash: "2ddf78d79c0dffe2061bf39d1c629a914c832e6b9d15556bc52bbc505984ada9"
+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 8596 (2023-2024) — Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program
+
+Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to all New York resident veterans, regardless of combat service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8596&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S8596A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8596A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)
+- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-20** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-12** PRINT NUMBER 8596A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-28** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1506
+- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-06-06** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9205A
+- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.625
+- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-11-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.453 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-11-11** APPROVAL MEMO.12
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ffcdba1-8262-49ed-b936-3319bd0b22f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+