---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the veterans employment task force"
description: "Establishes a task force on veterans employment opportunities in the department of veterans' services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7421"
citation: "New York S 7421 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Ortt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-24"
last_action: "2023-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75c63d79-8b6d-4fd8-b0d4-328ef50a637a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7421"
source_hash: "99786e79ba30602b1a4156fa4659221185437dcd84956164361b49366edf1601"
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 7421 (2023-2024) — Relates to the veterans employment task force

Establishes a task force on veterans employment opportunities in the department of veterans' services.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7421&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Ortt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1594
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7350
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.550
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-29** SIGNED CHAP.519 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75c63d79-8b6d-4fd8-b0d4-328ef50a637a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).