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Bill Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to all New York resident veterans, regardless of combat service. us/states/ny New York Legislature 2023-2024 S 8596 New York S 8596 (2023-2024)
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New York S 8596 (2023-2024) — Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program

Expands eligibility under the veterans tuition awards program to all New York resident veterans, regardless of combat service.

Version chain

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

  1. S8596 (committee substitute) — source
  2. S8596A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Rules Vote - Version: A — 190 (pass) · upper
  • Floor Vote - Version: A — 610 (pass) · upper
  • Assembly Vote — 1400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)
  • Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-02-20 REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS referral-committee
  • 2024-03-12 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS amendment-passage, referral-committee
  • 2024-03-12 PRINT NUMBER 8596A amendment-passage
  • 2024-05-28 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
  • 2024-05-28 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1506
  • 2024-06-06 PASSED SENATE passage
  • 2024-06-06 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  • 2024-06-06 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION referral-committee
  • 2024-06-07 SUBSTITUTED FOR A9205A
  • 2024-06-07 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.625
  • 2024-06-07 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
  • 2024-06-07 RETURNED TO SENATE
  • 2024-11-11 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
  • 2024-11-11 SIGNED CHAP.453 executive-signature
  • 2024-11-11 APPROVAL MEMO.12

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ffcdba1-8262-49ed-b936-3319bd0b22f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).