---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program"
description: "Establishes the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program within the department of veterans' services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8837"
citation: "New York A 8837 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catalina Cruz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e6dc6f2-5729-4122-b78b-e625799c01cb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8837"
source_hash: "067cf823d65ba3d92f76d1f53c8ccb672337a0369bd338b04e55e96c03b9da3c"
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 8837 (2023-2024) — Establishes the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program

Establishes the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program within the department of veterans' services.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8837&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8837A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8837A)
3. **A8837B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8837B)
4. **A8837C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8837C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Catalina Cruz — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo J. Morinello — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- Didi Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** PRINT NUMBER 8837A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8837B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** PRINT NUMBER 8837C `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-04** REPORTED
- **2024-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.400
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.400
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8119C
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1496
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.625 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.63

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e6dc6f2-5729-4122-b78b-e625799c01cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).