---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services"
description: "Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8475"
citation: "New York A 8475 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Berger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-16"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ff7938-4a21-4570-9b97-f609455d40e3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8475"
source_hash: "d3af38cafc265b0de1a7d75bf7e96dd6c97886a514247077aa9ed71d28737366"
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 8475 (2025-2026) — Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services

Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8475&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sam Berger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-16** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.470
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.470
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8247
- **2025-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.2016
- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ff7938-4a21-4570-9b97-f609455d40e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).