---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redefines military service to include the United States Merchant Marine Academy"
description: "Redefines military service to include the United States Merchant Marine Academy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7152"
citation: "New York S 7152 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-11-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59ab6a02-6251-4b33-b8ac-037942b0c572"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7152"
source_hash: "830f32adb6a5ef991afc1b80cf008722b9864596ae7722db338fbede7f56824b"
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 7152 (2019-2020) — Redefines military service to include the United States Merchant Marine Academy

Redefines military service to include the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7152&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** 1ST REPORT CAL.305
- **2020-01-29** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-02-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-03-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-03-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-03-10** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9076
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.187
- **2020-07-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-11-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-27** SIGNED CHAP.300 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59ab6a02-6251-4b33-b8ac-037942b0c572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).