republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-8837.md

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Bill	Establishes the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program	Establishes the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program within the department of veterans' services.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	A 8837	New York A 8837 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Catalina Cruz	4	22	2	2024-01-18	2024-12-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8e6dc6f2-5729-4122-b78b-e625799c01cb	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8837	067cf823d65ba3d92f76d1f53c8ccb672337a0369bd338b04e55e96c03b9da3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8837 (2023-2024) — Establishes the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program

Establishes the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program within the department of veterans' services.

Version chain

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

1. A8837 (committee substitute) — source
2. A8837A (committee substitute) — source
3. A8837B (committee substitute) — source
4. A8837C (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: C — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 146–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Catalina Cruz — primary (person)
• Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
• Angelo J. Morinello — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
• Didi Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
• Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
• Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
• John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
• Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-18 REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS referral-committee
• 2024-05-14 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2024-05-17 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-17 PRINT NUMBER 8837A amendment-passage
• 2024-05-24 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-24 PRINT NUMBER 8837B amendment-passage
• 2024-05-28 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2024-05-31 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-31 PRINT NUMBER 8837C amendment-passage
• 2024-06-04 REPORTED
• 2024-06-04 RULES REPORT CAL.400
• 2024-06-04 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.400
• 2024-06-04 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-06-04 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2024-06-04 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 SUBSTITUTED FOR S8119C
• 2024-06-06 3RD READING CAL.1496
• 2024-06-06 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2024-06-06 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-12-12 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2024-12-21 SIGNED CHAP.625 executive-signature
• 2024-12-21 APPROVAL MEMO.63

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e6dc6f2-5729-4122-b78b-e625799c01cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).