---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions"
description: "Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions; removes the time of war requirement for veterans to qualify for additional credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 763"
citation: "New York S 763 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c503700b-377d-49a5-9f85-07cab2f5f08b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S763"
source_hash: "2f9a0d84a8b56f8ae49a9dd456ffa372ddd71757aafd86f290da5474ec76ded5"
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 763 (2021-2022) — Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions

Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions; removes the time of war requirement for veterans to qualify for additional credit.

## Version chain

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

1. **S763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S763&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.152
- **2021-01-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5447
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.325
- **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.608 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c503700b-377d-49a5-9f85-07cab2f5f08b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).