---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the veterans tuition awards program; repealer"
description: "Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to eligible immediate family members; defines terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9476"
citation: "New York A 9476 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey Dinowitz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc713184-3c43-4019-9f3b-5ae67527e747"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9476"
source_hash: "07eeadfaeb3ad0271c60783ce0cd36bed539470b631ce9fc905f943566ea7d9a"
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 9476 (2025-2026) — Relates to the veterans tuition awards program; repealer

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to eligible immediate family members; defines terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9476&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey Dinowitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED
- **2026-01-12** RULES REPORT CAL.11
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.11
- **2026-01-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8805
- **2026-01-28** 3RD READING CAL.85
- **2026-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8805
- **2026-01-28** 3RD READING CAL.85
- **2026-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.22 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc713184-3c43-4019-9f3b-5ae67527e747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).