---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates the state of New York a purple heart state"
description: "Designates the state of New York a purple heart state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 29"
citation: "New York A 29 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d889eb68-9cb3-4f5d-98b8-d633088dfda4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A29"
source_hash: "97b8da42e2aa087206e23252c01c85fb2cd4468f93def354fe956052fd206e1e"
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 29 (2025-2026) — Designates the state of New York a purple heart state

Designates the state of New York a purple heart state.

## Version chain

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

1. **A29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A29&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** REPORTED
- **2025-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.22
- **2025-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1889
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1606
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.489 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d889eb68-9cb3-4f5d-98b8-d633088dfda4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).