---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the term veteran and Gold Star families for the free use of campsites"
description: "Defines the term \"veteran\" and \"member of a Gold Star family\" for the free use of campsites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8067"
citation: "New York S 8067 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8d21d36-78db-4846-b5e5-0f3fd22e7e78"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8067"
source_hash: "bb2082578af0f3b6bdda1329fe10831dc52651db650a93660baad9f106b713c5"
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 8067 (2023-2024) — Relates to the term veteran and Gold Star families for the free use of campsites

Defines the term "veteran" and "member of a Gold Star family" for the free use of campsites.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8067&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.194
- **2024-02-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-02-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-05** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8568
- **2024-02-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.304
- **2024-02-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** SIGNED CHAP.103 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8d21d36-78db-4846-b5e5-0f3fd22e7e78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).