---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to creating the women veterans advisory committee"
description: "Relates to creating the women veterans advisory committee to support and assist the Division of Veterans' Services in locating, educating, and advocating for all women veterans in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 1140"
citation: "New York A 1140 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALLACE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd877b2c-26fb-48cd-9b62-37df5975d68b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1140"
source_hash: "2747cef9024bce8705c243e0a5876b83467af0b903e9f8887a24ea678214a03a"
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 1140 (2021-2022) — Relates to creating the women veterans advisory committee

Relates to creating the women veterans advisory committee to support and assist the Division of Veterans' Services in locating, educating, and advocating for all women veterans in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1140&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A1140A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A1140A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WALLACE — primary (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** PRINT NUMBER 1140A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED
- **2021-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.75
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.75
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR S701A
- **2021-05-26** 3RD READING CAL.151
- **2021-05-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.600 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-11** APPROVAL MEMO.36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd877b2c-26fb-48cd-9b62-37df5975d68b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).