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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishes voluntary opportunities for veterans"
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description: "Requires the department of veterans' services to provide information on the department's website on volunteer opportunities available to veterans and to post relevant application forms that a qualified veteran can use to apply for volunteer opportunities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "A 8485"
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citation: "New York A 8485 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Steve Stern"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-16"
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last_action: "2025-12-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a68aecb-fa1e-4ef8-85d7-ecf0362a1c6b"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8485"
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source_hash: "c8ca4b8639886ead503cacb5d7bfca5229dad348931ec44381429d5ea2eb5d28"
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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 8485 (2025-2026) — Establishes voluntary opportunities for veterans
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Requires the department of veterans' services to provide information on the department's website on volunteer opportunities available to veterans and to post relevant application forms that a qualified veteran can use to apply for volunteer opportunities.
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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. **A8485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8485&term=2025&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Steve Stern — primary (person)
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- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
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- Billy Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
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- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
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- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-16** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
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- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.534
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- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.534
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- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S274B
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- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.738
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- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.666 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.47
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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/9a68aecb-fa1e-4ef8-85d7-ecf0362a1c6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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