---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the \"New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certificate\" for veterans exposed to dioxin or phenoxy herbicides during military service"
description: "Establishes the \"New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certificate\" for veterans exposed to dioxin or phenoxy herbicides during military service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6606"
citation: "New York S 6606 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["YOUNG"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-06-07"
last_action: "2018-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bccd4ff-25fb-483d-90cf-16956dede23b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6606"
source_hash: "7f9be9cd335593cf859e6b1d4f622ff95cb0b9e358e85d1cf496b6404e2b71c1"
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 6606 (2017-2018) — Establishes the "New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certificate" for veterans exposed to dioxin or phenoxy herbicides during military service

Establishes the "New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certificate" for veterans exposed to dioxin or phenoxy herbicides during military service.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6606 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6606&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6606 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6606)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- YOUNG — primary (person)
- LARKIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1825
- **2017-06-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-15** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.848
- **2018-04-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-04-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-05-15** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9586
- **2018-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.923
- **2018-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-22** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-10-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.332 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bccd4ff-25fb-483d-90cf-16956dede23b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).