---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to definitions for purposes of the waiver of fees for examination applications"
description: "Provides a definition for the terms veteran and armed forces; amends the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7314"
citation: "New York S 7314 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CROCI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6e4f24-3e07-4b02-b13e-50b1c0f129c6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7314"
source_hash: "5c111870efa358410d5e8f1a9f0e11be5d314b770514004c620ea892155fa5a0"
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 7314 (2017-2018) — Relates to definitions for purposes of the waiver of fees for examination applications

Provides a definition for the terms veteran and armed forces; amends the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S7314 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7314&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7314 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7314)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CROCI — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.42
- **2018-01-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-01-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-17** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8927
- **2018-02-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.647
- **2018-02-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-02-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** SIGNED CHAP.35 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b6e4f24-3e07-4b02-b13e-50b1c0f129c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).