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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to the veterans tuition awards program"
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description: "Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms."
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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: "S 4358"
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citation: "New York S 4358 (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: ["Jamaal Bailey"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-12-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0545edc-e65a-48d7-be41-2e6e0cec99a3"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4358"
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source_hash: "47563bdc7b307fa84d209613ac5f00a4b1c8eb83b3943b03775b0e0a44a4329d"
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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 S 4358 (2025-2026) — Relates to the veterans tuition awards program
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Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.
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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. **S4358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4358&term=2025&Text=Y)
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2. **S4358A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4358A)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
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- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jamaal Bailey — primary (person)
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- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
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- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
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- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
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- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
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- William Weber — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.1221
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- **2025-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
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- **2025-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
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- **2025-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-09** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
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- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2025-06-09** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
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- **2025-06-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4358A `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-12** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3240A
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- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.776
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- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.688 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.67
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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/b0545edc-e65a-48d7-be41-2e6e0cec99a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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