---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to certain questions regarding veterans on intake forms for admission and residency"
description: "Relates to certain questions regarding veterans on intake forms for admission and residency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2977"
citation: "New York S 2977 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/082193d1-12d6-4ae1-b7f8-099d471b74d7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2977"
source_hash: "8e1891e932bdbf04636de8960cb97dd40fd04de15470377ff86c36881021313a"
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 2977 (2021-2022) — Relates to certain questions regarding veterans on intake forms for admission and residency

Relates to certain questions regarding veterans on intake forms for admission and residency.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2977&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S2977A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S2977A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.682
- **2021-04-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-04-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 2977A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6100A
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.336
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.609 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-11** APPROVAL MEMO.39

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/082193d1-12d6-4ae1-b7f8-099d471b74d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).