---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program"
description: "Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 5685"
citation: "New York A 5685 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alicia Hyndman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d257db-d47b-422e-837a-6ecfb562f059"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5685"
source_hash: "f1c0e9a6de83e45298a260fd18f920523a6bdddd2e36a1440164c4a6d6163a2f"
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 5685 (2025-2026) — Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program

Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5685&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A5685A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A5685A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alicia Hyndman — primary (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 5685A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.438
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.438
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4909A
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1015
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.516 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d257db-d47b-422e-837a-6ecfb562f059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).