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legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-29.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Designates the state of New York a purple heart state"
+description: "Designates the state of New York a purple heart state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 29"
+citation: "New York A 29 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-11-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d889eb68-9cb3-4f5d-98b8-d633088dfda4"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A29"
+source_hash: "97b8da42e2aa087206e23252c01c85fb2cd4468f93def354fe956052fd206e1e"
+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 29 (2025-2026) — Designates the state of New York a purple heart state
+
+Designates the state of New York a purple heart state.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A29&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
+- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
+- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-25** REPORTED
+- **2025-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.22
+- **2025-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-03-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1889
+- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1606
+- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.489 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d889eb68-9cb3-4f5d-98b8-d633088dfda4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+