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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to scholarships for academic excellence"
+description: "Provides that a scholarship for academic excellence that is declined by a student prior to the end of their high school program shall be granted to the next most qualified student, if practicable."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 7053"
+citation: "New York A 7053 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-20"
+last_action: "2025-11-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bf0b072-a54b-4eb5-a652-48e7873d4024"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7053"
+source_hash: "c48114fb8f3fc94f541cffca97797ca6ce1bbe781aca656bc3c0b1f2e02081fe"
+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 7053 (2025-2026) — Relates to scholarships for academic excellence
+
+Provides that a scholarship for academic excellence that is declined by a student prior to the end of their high school program shall be granted to the next most qualified student, if practicable.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7053&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A7053A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A7053A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — primary (person)
+- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-20** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 7053A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** REPORTED
+- **2025-05-29** RULES REPORT CAL.334
+- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.334
+- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-05-29** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7580A
+- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1180
+- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.526 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bf0b072-a54b-4eb5-a652-48e7873d4024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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