---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to veterans receiving information on benefits"
description: "Provides that individuals requesting and obtaining a veteran notation on such individual's driver's license or non-driver identification card shall be advised that the department of veterans' services and local veterans' service agencies provide assistance to veterans regarding benefits under federal and state law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9850"
citation: "New York A 9850 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Jean-Pierre"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-12"
last_action: "2024-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e10e2b5-f5ec-438b-a2d8-7923e71ce5b3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9850"
source_hash: "34a30834e06a1af15e71f5d728b1538db862f507f8c56acab83fa34e7c98b22c"
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 9850 (2023-2024) — Relates to veterans receiving information on benefits

Provides that individuals requesting and obtaining a veteran notation on such individual's driver's license or non-driver identification card shall be advised that the department of veterans' services and local veterans' service agencies provide assistance to veterans regarding benefits under federal and state law.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9850** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9850&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-12** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** REPORTED
- **2024-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.440
- **2024-05-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-06** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9258
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1893
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e10e2b5-f5ec-438b-a2d8-7923e71ce5b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).