---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for certain veterans to receive high school diplomas"
description: "Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for veterans who served on active duty to receive high school diplomas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4654"
citation: "New York A 4654 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROZIC"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb74765-2f27-4ca0-9c96-65dbfdf91775"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4654"
source_hash: "656a3f171d2a9899df723a36d8faeb1682fe96c5a1b648053a6b79effd2c19e6"
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 4654 (2019-2020) — Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for certain veterans to receive high school diplomas

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop a program for veterans who served on active duty to receive high school diplomas.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4654&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A4654A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4654A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ROZIC — primary (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RA — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 4654A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.505
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1660A
- **2019-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.313
- **2019-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.477 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb74765-2f27-4ca0-9c96-65dbfdf91775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).