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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility"
+description: "Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility; makes tuition awards available for certain veterans including, but not limited to Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 747"
+citation: "New York S 747 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-02-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/708c6750-2233-4cb5-94e7-88282fdf68fd"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S747"
+source_hash: "770c6112ed6bfd39ae116546d638d9082d7c959090add9a2ee17024bcd5f94a9"
+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 747 (2025-2026) — Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility
+
+Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility; makes tuition awards available for certain veterans including, but not limited to Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S747&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.22
+- **2025-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-01-28** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1470
+- **2025-02-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.78
+- **2025-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-02-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-02-14** 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/708c6750-2233-4cb5-94e7-88282fdf68fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+