---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removes the requirement that a veteran served during wartime to be granted certain benefits"
description: "Removes the requirement that a veteran served during wartime to be granted certain benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4611"
citation: "New York A 4611 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Jean-Pierre"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2024-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1fd3244-5016-4506-9237-830b47aef1b2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4611"
source_hash: "87df9e1bccf76c1d6afa18f1641ef7eeb56f5625a061a5b7e5adb8cb0a06bbdc"
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 4611 (2023-2024) — Removes the requirement that a veteran served during wartime to be granted certain benefits

Removes the requirement that a veteran served during wartime to be granted certain benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4611&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A4611A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4611A)
3. **A4611B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4611B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — primary (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 4611A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26** PRINT NUMBER 4611B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** REPORTED
- **2023-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.693
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.693
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.127
- **2024-02-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-28** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5195B
- **2024-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1639
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1fd3244-5016-4506-9237-830b47aef1b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).