---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the Jose Peralta New York state DREAM Act; repealer"
description: "Enacts the New York state DREAM Act by creating the New York DREAM fund commission and amends eligibility requirements and conditions governing certain awards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1250"
citation: "New York S 1250 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEPULVEDA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cf50963-5a78-45b2-a305-5fb14013d19c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1250"
source_hash: "86adf7953acd903c40c32e5102614b65d82e1eb4f208050e728503c6c0c1d6a9"
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 1250 (2019-2020) — Enacts the Jose Peralta New York state DREAM Act; repealer

Enacts the New York state DREAM Act by creating the New York DREAM fund commission and amends eligibility requirements and conditions governing certain awards.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1250&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **12–6** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–42** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **40–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SEPULVEDA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.36
- **2019-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A782
- **2019-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.9
- **2019-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12** SIGNED CHAP.26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cf50963-5a78-45b2-a305-5fb14013d19c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).