---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies"
description: "Adds the process of submitting an application for a discharge upgrade to the discharge upgrade advisory board to the powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8096"
citation: "New York A 8096 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PHEFFER AMATO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-31"
last_action: "2019-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c1f645-b713-41d3-9601-596b84aafec9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8096"
source_hash: "f3f83687c429b562251ab660fc2c2babc67468ebd6f22fda8b854069e0c33dad"
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 8096 (2019-2020) — Relates to the powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies

Adds the process of submitting an application for a discharge upgrade to the discharge upgrade advisory board to the powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8096&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **51–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PHEFFER AMATO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** REPORTED
- **2019-06-14** RULES REPORT CAL.304
- **2019-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.304
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6527
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1733
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.482 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2c1f645-b713-41d3-9601-596b84aafec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).