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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees"
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description: "Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "A 4942"
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citation: "New York A 4942 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Phara Souffrant Forrest"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-27"
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last_action: "2023-10-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4f4883-2b07-4eb7-b9c7-6b9a341d1c55"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4942"
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source_hash: "51bbf294f723d62484d89e92f70f6f18855cc1b25b1a48436c55e7e90e0bd5e4"
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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 4942 (2023-2024) — Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees
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Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career.
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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. **A4942** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4942&term=2023&Text=Y)
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2. **A4942A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4942A)
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3. **A4942B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4942B)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **140–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Phara Souffrant Forrest — primary (person)
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- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
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- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
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- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
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- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
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- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
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- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
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- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gary Pretlow — cosponsor (person)
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- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
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- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
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- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcela Mitaynes — cosponsor (person)
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- Monique Chandler-Waterman — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)
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- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
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- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-27** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 4942A `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-26** PRINT NUMBER 4942B `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-31** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-08** REPORTED
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- **2023-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.696
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- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.696
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- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5355A
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- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.809
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- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.549 `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/de4f4883-2b07-4eb7-b9c7-6b9a341d1c55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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