---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduces tuition rates for certain Olympic athletes"
description: "Reduces tuition rates of out of state Olympic athletes who represented Team USA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 761"
citation: "New York A 761 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert C. Carroll"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dcdc05c-1fa7-49ab-ba29-505064c4807a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A761"
source_hash: "766de231dfca156cb948255e090c1a1c6daceb076427a7837338d472e4131010"
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 761 (2025-2026) — Reduces tuition rates for certain Olympic athletes

Reduces tuition rates of out of state Olympic athletes who represented Team USA.

## Version chain

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

1. **A761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A761&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A761A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A761A)
3. **A761B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A761B)
4. **A761C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A761C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert C. Carroll — primary (person)
- Billy Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** PRINT NUMBER 761A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** PRINT NUMBER 761B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 761C `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-09** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** REPORTED
- **2025-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.599
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.599
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8220A
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1919
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.505 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dcdc05c-1fa7-49ab-ba29-505064c4807a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).