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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility"
description: "Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility; makes tuition awards available for certain veterans including, but not limited to Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 747"
citation: "New York S 747 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/708c6750-2233-4cb5-94e7-88282fdf68fd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S747"
source_hash: "770c6112ed6bfd39ae116546d638d9082d7c959090add9a2ee17024bcd5f94a9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---
# New York S 747 (2025-2026) — Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility
Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility; makes tuition awards available for certain veterans including, but not limited to Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S747&term=2025&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.22
- **2025-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-28** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1470
- **2025-02-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.78
- **2025-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.75 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/708c6750-2233-4cb5-94e7-88282fdf68fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).