---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a veteran internship program (V.I.P. NY)"
description: "Establishes a veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 291"
citation: "New York S 291 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Tedisco"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c45e518-009c-4238-a649-8bc3bfa124af"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S291"
source_hash: "105198928ea5dfbdb22152db1e1e3ed0c9ad1b198f80352e1225c88abcf3aea9"
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 291 (2023-2024) — Establishes a veteran internship program (V.I.P. NY)

Establishes a veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **S291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S291&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Tedisco — primary (person)
- Alexis Weik — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony H. Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Stec — cosponsor (person)
- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Walczyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Oberacker — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Ortt — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.765
- **2023-05-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1347
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.616
- **2023-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-10** SIGNED CHAP.619 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c45e518-009c-4238-a649-8bc3bfa124af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).