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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to the eligibility for tuition assistance program awards for certain undergraduates who must transfer to another institution as a result of a permanent college closure"
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description: "Provides that an undergraduate student enrolled in an approved two or four-year program of study approved by the commissioner who must transfer to another institution as a result of permanent college closure shall be eligible for up to two additional semesters, or their equivalent, to the extent credits necessary to complete his or her program of study were deemed non-transferrable from the closed institution or were deemed not applicable to such student's program of study by the new constitution."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "A 5500"
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citation: "New York A 5500 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["SIMON"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-12"
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last_action: "2019-10-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f729fe20-31c9-4177-aace-4177580556c7"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5500"
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source_hash: "66ffd1666ebea538bc83614b42b8a9294c0f7f4bb29252070d7fd9dfac08cb8d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 5500 (2019-2020) — Relates to the eligibility for tuition assistance program awards for certain undergraduates who must transfer to another institution as a result of a permanent college closure
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Provides that an undergraduate student enrolled in an approved two or four-year program of study approved by the commissioner who must transfer to another institution as a result of permanent college closure shall be eligible for up to two additional semesters, or their equivalent, to the extent credits necessary to complete his or her program of study were deemed non-transferrable from the closed institution or were deemed not applicable to such student's program of study by the new constitution.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A5500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5500&term=2019&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- SIMON — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-12** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** REPORTED
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- **2019-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.86
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- **2019-03-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2019-03-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2019-03-06** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4121
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- **2019-04-09** 3RD READING CAL.402
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- **2019-04-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2019-04-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-10-17** SIGNED CHAP.376 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f729fe20-31c9-4177-aace-4177580556c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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