---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs"
description: "Exempts certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1089"
citation: "New York S 1089 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece6fd14-00da-43d6-ba89-b99e8b014937"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1089"
source_hash: "6712771fc23742a9139fafaa7671cf19e6d9334697c4b10f51b19d59afe45902"
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 1089 (2019-2020) — Exempts certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs

Exempts certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1089&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **45–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–49** (pass) · lower
- Social Services Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.421
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5016
- **2019-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.349
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-03** SIGNED CHAP.323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ece6fd14-00da-43d6-ba89-b99e8b014937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).