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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enacts the governing unaccredited representatives defrauding (GUARD) VA benefits act"
+description: "Protects veterans from fraud and unaccredited representatives; institutes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violation; establishes the class A misdemeanor crime of unaccredited representation of a veteran; establishes a veterans' services fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 8150"
+citation: "New York S 8150 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Siela Bynoe"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-05-15"
+last_action: "2025-11-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09bbeb2c-b5e8-42e7-b9dc-ab74dc5d8afb"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8150"
+source_hash: "92afa38e407246ad0fc794a2e8a3f021ca19e13e4116ea3a9fb6cba553d6485c"
+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 8150 (2025-2026) — Enacts the governing unaccredited representatives defrauding (GUARD) VA benefits act
+
+Protects veterans from fraud and unaccredited representatives; institutes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violation; establishes the class A misdemeanor crime of unaccredited representation of a veteran; establishes a veterans' services fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8150&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Siela Bynoe — primary (person)
+- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-15** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1717
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8476
+- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.758
+- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.491 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09bbeb2c-b5e8-42e7-b9dc-ab74dc5d8afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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