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Bill Enacts the governing unaccredited representatives defrauding (GUARD) VA benefits act Protects veterans from fraud and unaccredited representatives; institutes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violation; establishes the class A misdemeanor crime of unaccredited representation of a veteran; establishes a veterans' services fund. us/states/ny New York Legislature 2025-2026 S 8150 New York S 8150 (2025-2026)
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New York S 8150 (2025-2026) — Enacts the governing unaccredited representatives defrauding (GUARD) VA benefits act

Protects veterans from fraud and unaccredited representatives; institutes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violation; establishes the class A misdemeanor crime of unaccredited representation of a veteran; establishes a veterans' services fund.

Version chain

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

  1. S8150 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Rules Vote — 210 (pass) · upper
  • Assembly Vote — 1330 (pass) · lower
  • Floor Vote — 620 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Siela Bynoe — primary (person)
  • Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-05-15 REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS referral-committee
  • 2025-06-09 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
  • 2025-06-09 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1717
  • 2025-06-09 PASSED SENATE passage
  • 2025-06-09 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  • 2025-06-09 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
  • 2025-06-13 SUBSTITUTED FOR A8476
  • 2025-06-13 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.758
  • 2025-06-13 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
  • 2025-06-13 RETURNED TO SENATE
  • 2025-11-03 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
  • 2025-11-05 SIGNED CHAP.491 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09bbeb2c-b5e8-42e7-b9dc-ab74dc5d8afb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).