---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the veterans tuition awards program"
description: "Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4358"
citation: "New York S 4358 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamaal Bailey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0545edc-e65a-48d7-be41-2e6e0cec99a3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4358"
source_hash: "47563bdc7b307fa84d209613ac5f00a4b1c8eb83b3943b03775b0e0a44a4329d"
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 4358 (2025-2026) — Relates to the veterans tuition awards program

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4358&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4358A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4358A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jamaal Bailey — primary (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.1221
- **2025-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-09** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4358A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3240A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.776
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.688 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.67

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0545edc-e65a-48d7-be41-2e6e0cec99a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).