---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring specific reserved bed days at the New York State Veterans' Homes"
description: "Relates to requiring specific reserved bed days at New York State Veterans' Homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6551"
citation: "New York A 6551 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SOLAGES"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-19"
last_action: "2022-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d8bc66c-662d-4d8e-8c6f-d395ce1b9bfe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6551"
source_hash: "fd0dd581729f5ea237f52df8e14fea2eec70a16d3d77420eac0d3955faac5b87"
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 6551 (2021-2022) — Requiring specific reserved bed days at the New York State Veterans' Homes

Relates to requiring specific reserved bed days at New York State Veterans' Homes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6551** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6551&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6551A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6551A)
3. **A6551B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6551B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SOLAGES — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BRABENEC — cosponsor (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FITZPATRICK — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GANDOLFO — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- MANKTELOW — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)
- RA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL D — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STERN — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** PRINT NUMBER 6551A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 6551B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** REPORTED
- **2022-05-31** RULES REPORT CAL.453
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.453
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2238B
- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1887
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-10** SIGNED CHAP.586 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d8bc66c-662d-4d8e-8c6f-d395ce1b9bfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).